Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has announced that it will appeal against the Karnataka High Court's judgment, which dismissed its challenge to the Union Government's recently-launched Sahyog portal, which is used to automate notices to intermediaries to remove unlawful online content.

In a post on Monday, Global Affairs X stated that the company respectfully disagrees with the High Court's ruling. It said the platform intends to pursue appellate remedies.

Last week, a Single Bench of the Karnataka High Court declined to interfere with the Centre's Sahyog portal. 'X' has refused to onboard the Sahyog Portal, contending that it was a parallel mechanism to issue blocking orders, circumventing the procedural safeguards under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.

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