BENGALURU

Observing that social media, as a modern amphitheatre of ideas, cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday rejected the petition filed by X Corp. (formerly Twitter Inc.), which had challenged blocking orders issued by Central and State authorities under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act.

Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while reading out the judgment, said, “Regulation of information in this domain is neither novel nor unique. The US regulates it. Every sovereign nation regulates it. India likewise cannot, by any stretch of constitutional imagination, be branded unlawful for doing so.”

“Content on social media must be regulated, particularly in cases of offences against women, failing which the right to dignity of citizens is und

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