Hyderabad, Nov. 4 -- What Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had to say about social media content and rights over it may not go down easily with those who monitor and seek their removal using the law and rules now in play. He was explicit when he spoke before television cameras, thus: The owners of the handles have the "right to decide what content should be retained and what should be removed".

The owner in this case is an "authority", the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), which took down a post it hosted from Dia Mirza, a celebrity from Bollywood, exhorting people not to cause environmental pollution by bursting crackers. The post was taken down after Mayor Ritu Tawde objected to it, saying the actress was anti...