Published on : 24 Sep 2025, 10:44 am 2 min read

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by X Corp (formerly Twitter) challenging the legality of the Central government’s ‘Sahyog’ portal - an online platform used to issue content takedown orders to intermediaries [ X Corp v. Union of India ].

Justice M Nagaprasanna held,

"The petitioner who seeks sanctuary must be a citizen of the nation. Sahyog portal stands as a beacon of cooperation between citizen and intermediary. Hence the challenge is without merit."

The Court went on to hold,

"Social media cannot be left in the state of anarchic freedom. Every sovereign nation regulates social media. No social media platform can treat Indian market place as a mere playground. In the light of the observatio

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