The Karnataka High Court Wednesday dismissed X Corp’s petition against the Centre’s Sahyog Portal for ordering the takedown of content under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act.

The order, pronounced by Justice M Nagaprasanna, stated that social media “cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom”. It said that regulation was not unique among nations and that the Indian marketplace could not be treated as a “mere playground where information can be disseminated in defiance of statutes”.

Launched in 2024 by the Union Home Ministry, the Sahyog Portal expedites orders to block objectionable content. It is maintained by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C).

X Corp, represented by Senior Advocate K G Raghavan, had argued before the High Court that any takedown ord

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