SC sets aside UP police order to trace journo's digital footprint
New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside a directive by the Uttar Pradesh Police seeking digital footprints from June onwards of a journalist, who exposed the Ayodhya Ram Temple donation theft, while investigating an alleged road rage case against him registered on August 18.
Terming the order issued by the Ghaziabad police to social media intermediary 'X' on August 22 as an "overkill", the court noted from the response filed by Ghaziabad Commissioner of Police that information was sought from 'X' to know the whereabouts of journalist Abhishek Upadhyay who remained untraced following the registration of the first information report (FIR).
Questioning how past social media activity is relevant for investigating a road r...
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