Elon Musk ’s social media platform – X (erstwhile Twitter) – said that it is “deeply concerned” with the Karnataka court order that greenlights a new content takedown system and “respectfully disagrees” with it. It also said that it would “appeal the order” and “defend free expression”.

‘This regime has no basis in the law’

Posting through the Global Government Affairs account, the platform said, “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 said that the ruling has no grounds legally: “This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the IT Act, violates Supreme Court rulings, and infringes Indian

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