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Delhi HC orders anonymous social network portal to remove posts against Ola

Derogatory statements were made by Hush users against women employees of Ola and some posts contained the company's confidential business plans

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BS Reporter Bengaluru
Ride-hailing firm Ola has received a favourable judgement from the Delhi High Court, which has ordered the removal of damaging content against it on Hush, a mobile app for professionals to have conversations about their workplaces anonymously.  
 
According to a statement from law firm J Sagar Associates, which represented Ola, the Delhi HC has directed Hush to remove "confidential information and disparaging comments" from its app and web platform. The court has also asked Hush to submit the names of the people who had posted the comments to it in a sealed cover. 

Sources say that certain derogatory statements were

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