Elon Musk owned-social media platform X on Monday said that it plans to appeal a recent Karnataka High Court order that dismissed its petition challenging the union government’s direction authorizing certain officials to issue information blocking orders under section 79 (3)(b) of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

\"We will appeal this order to defend free expression,\" X said in a post on the platform.

\"X is deeply concerned by the recent order from the Karnataka court in India, which will allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders through a secretive online portal called the Sahyog,\" it added.

This is Musk-owned platform's first statement since the High Court of Karnataka ruled last week that there was no legal merit to the company's legal challenge to q

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