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Ilon Musk’s company and social media platform X (East Twitter) expressed deep concern over the recent orders of the Karnataka High Court. In a post, X has written that after this order, police officers have got the right to issue instructions to remove content arbitrarily through Secret online portal cooperation.
The company said that this new system has no basis in the law. Nor is section 69A of the IT Act. This order is against the decisions of the Supreme Court and violates constitutional rights such as freedom of expression of Indians.
Musk’s company has made it clear that it will appeal against this order of the Karnataka High Court and fight to protect the freedom of expression.
On 24 September, the Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition against the Central Government. Also said that foreign companies cannot claim the right to freedom of expression.
The X filed a petition against the Government of India in March 2025. In which it was said that the Indian government officials are blocking the content on X, which is misused by Section 79 (3) (B) of the IT Act.
The arguments of X in the post …
- The decision of the Karnataka High Court is not from the Bombay High Court’s decision that rejected the government’s ‘Fact Check Unit’. We did not even agree with the idea that no foreign company could resort to Article 19 (1) (A).
- We also disagree from the point of view that we have no right to raise these concerns in India due to our organization abroad.
The Karnataka High Court had said- if you want to work in the country, you will have to accept laws
During the hearing, Justice M Nagprasanna had said- X Corp is working as a mediator, being a faceless in the country. He cannot challenge any law in the country under Article 19. Its presence is not there. It cannot challenge the laws that control social media. If it wants to work in the country, then it has to follow the laws, it is such a thing.