Social media platform X corp (formerly Twitter Inc.) on Monday (September 29, 2025) released a statement saying that it is deeply concerned by the recent order from the High Court of Karnataka, “which will allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders through a secretive online portal called the Sahyog”.
“This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the IT Act, violates Supreme Court rulings, and infringes Indian citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression.”
The High Court of Karnataka on September 24, 2025, rejected the petition filed by social media platform X Corp ., which had challenged orders issued by Central and State authorities, under Section 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act, to take down certain in