BENGALURU: In a setback to X Corp, the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday rejected its petition seeking to declare that Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, does not confer the authority on the Government of India to issue information-blocking orders.

The X Corp has prayed the court to restrain the Union government from taking coercive or prejudicial action against it for not joining the Censorship (Sahyog) Portal.

The court observed that the content of social media needs to be regulated and its a 'must', more so in cases of offences against women, failing which the right to dignity as ordained in the constitution gets railroaded.

"Information and communication, its spread or speed, has never been left unchecked and unregulated. It has been a subject matter of regula

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