Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:19pm on 20 Mar 2025,Thursday India Global
Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court, challenging the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act. The provision denies safe harbor protections to intermediaries that fail to remove content flagged by authorities. X argues this creates an “illegal parallel content-blocking process” and violates the Supreme Court’s 2015 Shreya Singhal ruling. It also seeks protection from joining the Sahyog portal, calling it a “censorship portal.” The court allowed X to challenge any government action, while the Centre denies taking punitive measures. The case raises concerns over digital rights in India.
