X to appeal against Karnataka High Court ruling for Union home ministry’s Sahyog portal
Microblogging platform X is set to challenge a Karnataka High Court ruling, which upheld the operation of the Union home ministry’s Sahyog portal that allows police to issue takedown orders to digital outlets.
The company’s Global Government Affairs handle posted on Monday: “X is deeply concerned by the recent order from the Karnataka court in India, which will allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders through a secretive online portal called the Sahyog. This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the IT Act, violates Supreme Court rulings, and infringes Indian citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression.
