India Court Rejects X's "Free Speech" Argument, Backs Government Takedown Powers

India court rejects X's "free speech" argument, backs government takedown powers

X sued the Indian government in March over content takedown orders issued through its centralized portal.

Karnataka HC rejects X Corp plea, upholds govt’s takedown powers

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed social media giant X Corp’s petition challenging the authority of government officials to issue content take down order under the Information Technology Act and maintained that social media needs to be regulated. The bench presided over by Justice M Nagaprasanna stressed on regulation of social media, especially in cases of offences against women. It further said the Indian marketplace c…

Why Karnataka HC upheld Union govt’s Sahyog portal, rejected X’s challenge

The verdict concludes a significant legal battle in which X had characterised the Sahyog portal is a form of extra-legal 'censorship' and the government had defended it as an efficient tool for regulation.

Karnataka HC dismisses X’s plea against portal to streamline takedown orders

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by social media platform X against Sahyog, a portal set up by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre to “streamline” orders to take down content, Bar and Bench reported.X has described this portal as a “censorship portal”, and claimed that the Information Technology Act does not contain any provision to create such a portal, or to require social platforms to appoint a nodal off…

Karnataka HC rejects X Corp's plea against Centre's content blocking orders

The HC noted that information and communication have never been left unchecked or unregulated.

Karnataka High Court rejects X Corp’s petition; says social media cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom

The Bench presided over by Justice M. Nagaprasanna maintained that social media needs to be regulated, especially in the cases of offences against women