X versus the Indian Government: Whose Narrative is it Anyway?

X versus the Indian Government: Whose Narrative is it Anyway?

Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) recently made headlines by filing a lawsuit against the Government of India. It accused the latter of “arbitrary censorship” under the Information Technology (IT) Act that “undermined” X’s business model as a social media intermediary. It argued that requiring tech companies to remove online content deemed “harmful” by the Indian State violates free expression as defined by the Indian Supreme Court in the landmar…