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X Challenges India’s Content Blocking Mechanisms in High Court Over Censorship Concerns

X Challenges India’s Content Blocking Mechanisms in High Court Over Censorship Concerns

Elon Musk’s X Corp has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act and its Sahyog Portal, alleging these tools create an “unlawful parallel censorship regime” that bypasses legal safeguards. The social media platform argues the government is misinterpreting the law to issue arbitrary takedown orders, undermining free expression and Supreme Court precedents. 

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