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New Delhi: Social media site X has announced that it will file an appeal against a recent Karnataka High Court judgment requiring compliance with government removal notices. The business cautioned that the ruling would enable a large number of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown requests and called the situation extremely alarming.
In its reply, X stated, “Deeply concerned by the recent order from Karnataka Court in India, which will allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders. We will appeal this order to defend free expression.”
Prior to this, the Karnataka High Court denied X's petitions challenging the Centre's orders to ban specific users and posts on the site.
The court emphasized that s