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from the server of the Facebook. The different types of
harassment, threats and assaults that frighten citizens in
regard to their online presence pose serious concerns for
citizens. There is an unprecedented escalation of such
insensitive behavior on the social media platforms and the
victim like the present one could not get those photos deleted
permanently from server of such social media platforms like
facebook. Though the statute prescribes penal action for the
accused for such crimes, the rights of the victim, especially,
her right to privacy which is intricately linked to her right to
get deleted in so far as those objectionable photos have been
left
unresolved.
consensual
There
is
convergence
a
widespread
towards
an
and
seemingly
adoption
and
enshrinement of the right to get deleted or forgotten but hardly
any effort has been undertaken in India till recently, towards
adoption of such a right, despite such an issue has inexorably
posed in the technology dominated world. Presently, there is
no statute in India which provides for the right to be
forgotten/getting the photos erased from the server of the
social media platforms permanently. The legal possibilities of
being forgotten on line or off line cries for a widespread debate.