Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has told the Karnataka High Court that it received 29,118 government requests for content removal between January and June 2025 and complied with 26,641 of them, reflecting a 91.49% compliance rate. The company said these figures contradict a single judge’s September 24 observation that the platform intends to defy Indian law.

The data forms part of X Corp’s writ appeal challenging the judgment that upheld the Union government’s ‘Sahyog’ portal — a confidential online system through which government agencies issue takedown directions to intermediaries.

In its appeal, X contended that central and state authorities are unlawfully invoking Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, alongside Rule 3(1)(d) of the Information Technology

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