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Google blocks man’s email account over nude childhood photo; Gujarat HC issues notice to firm

Uploading a nude childhood photo on Google Drive cost a man access to his email account for nearly a year and forced him to knock on the doors of the Gujarat High Court.

The high court has issued a notice to Google India Pvt Limited for blocking the email account of the petitioner for "explicit child abuse" after he uploaded on Google Drive a photo of his grandmother bathing him when he was two years old.

The court of Justice Vaibhavi D. Nanavati on March 15 issued notices to Google, the Central and State Governments returnable on March 26.

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