Centre slams ‘X’ for calling ‘Sahyog’ a censorship tool, defends IT Act

The Centre has strongly objected to social media platform X’s characterisation of the ‘Sahyog’ portal as a censorship tool, calling the claim both unfortunate and condemnable.

In a detailed response submitted before the Karnataka High Court, the Centre countered the claims made by X Corp in its petition challenging India’s information-blocking framework.

The government asserted that the petitioner had misinterpreted the provisions of the Information Technology (IT) Act, particularly Sections 69A and 79(3)(b).