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The Karnataka High Court dismissed a petition filed by Elon Musk-owned X Corp challenging the Indian government’s use of Section 79(3)(b) (liability of intermediaries) of the Information Technology Act and the Sahyog Portal for content takedown orders. The Court upheld the Union government’s authority to regulate online platforms, declaring that unchecked speech cannot masquerade as liberty.

Section 79(3) of the IT Act says that social media platforms lose their legal protection if they don’t take down unlawful content after being told to do so by a court or the government.

Justice M Nagaprasanna, delivering the verdict, , “Social media, as modern amphitheater of ideas, cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom. Regulation of

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