X says Indian online takedown platform threatens free speech
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Bengaluru, India: Social media giant X warned on Monday that an Indian court allowed ruling police to issue arbitrary content removal orders through...
Bengaluru, India: Social media giant X warned on Monday that an Indian court allowed ruling police to issue “arbitrary” content removal orders through a government portal threatens free expression.
The state high court in Karnataka -- which includes tech-city Bengaluru -- dismissed a plea last week filed by X against the government portal that it alleged was being used to censor content.
The government says its online portal Sahyog -- meaning "cooperate" in Hindi -- helps automate the process of sending government notices to content intermediaries such as X and Facebook.
“It aims to create a safe cyber space for the citizens of India by facilitating the removal or disabling of access to any unlawful online information,” it says.
It will "allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders", and "infringes Indian citizens' constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression", X added.
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