Earlier this month, Paytm sued telecom operators at the Delhi High Court, arguing that telcos were responsible for making sure such scams never reach consumers. In its response, Reliance Jio told the court that the responsibility for preventing fraud was on Paytm, not telecom operators, the Economic Times reported on Friday. Jio's argument reportedly invokes intermediary liability under Section 79 of the IT Act, which in effect protects platforms from liability for third party content. Paytm, which is being represented by Supreme Court advocate Karuna Nundy, argued that SMS headers being issued by telecom operators lent such scams credibility. https://twitter.com/karunanundy/status/1270278956202242048 Paytm claims that phishers themselves register as headers and content templates that are similar to Paytm’s headers and content templates. Telecom companies have not blocked or imposed financial disincentive against registered telemarketers, the petition says. It claims that the the failure…
