MouthShut.com
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Type of site | Review website |
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| Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
| URL | Official website |
MouthShut is an Indian review website. The company was founded in 2000 by Faisal Farooqui.[1] Its competitors include Trustpilot, SiteJabber and Trustvocate.
Legal issues[]
Access blocked by Beam Fiber ISP[]
From February 3rd to 5th in 2014, Indian ISP Beam Fiber, blocked access to the site for the cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad.[2] MouthShut has claimed that the blocking was illegal.[3]
Shreya Singhal v. Union of India[]
In 2012, lawyer Shreya Singhal filed Public Interest Litigation in the Supreme Court of India, against Section 66A of the Information Technology Act. As part of the case, petitions were filed by organisations including People's Union for Civil Liberties, Common Cause and MouthShut.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "India: Diligent shoppers offer opportunity to manufacturers - FT.com". ft.com. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ^ "Update: Mouthshut Blocked By Beam Fibre; Issue Escalated To TRAI And DoT - MediaNama". medianama.com. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Mouthshut finally unblocked, will consider legal action against ISP". exchange4media.com. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Das, Soma. "Section 66A of IT Act: We took up battle, big guys didn't, says MouthShut founder Faisal Farooqui". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ^ "Sec 66A of IT act scrapped: 5 points observed by Supreme Court". Hindustan Times. 2015-03-24. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
Categories:
- Review websites