The Karnataka High Court has rejected the petition of X Corp, demanding a directive that Section 79 (3) (B) of the Information Technology (IT) Act does not authorize the government to issue orders to block information. In his judgment, Justice M Nagprasanna said that the material needs to be regulated on social media and its regulation is necessary, especially in cases of crimes against women, there is a violation of the right to dignity conferred in the Constitution. The court said that the regulation of social media is needed today and companies cannot be allowed to work without control.
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Twitter vs India Union case is also known as X Corp vs India Union. There is a legal battle in the Karnataka High Court where the X Corp owned by Allen Musk against the alleged misuse of the IT Act by the Government of India, especially the cooperation portal, is demanding a court order against the portal and blocking accounts. X has called this portal a censorship portal. The basic issue of the case argues the argument of X Corp that these tasks violate freedom of expression, are threatened to their commercial models and attempts to create an irregular sensorship system bypassing established legal processes.
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The X Corp is challenging the use of the Information Technology (IT) Act, especially under Section 69A and alleged misuse of Section 79 (B). This is not the first confrontation; In 2022, X Corp challenged the orders of Section 69A to block the entire accounts, but the Karnataka High Court upheld the government’s authority. The petition stated that the government’s requests include removing the contents of opposition leaders and critics, which the X Corp considers its role as a mediator. The company claimed that the government’s action is a clear effort to create a censorship system without established legal procedures or monitoring.