Elon Musk's social media platform X said it would file an appeal against the Karnataka High Court's move to reject its petition against the Central government's Sahyog portal.
What is the Sahyog portal?
The portal was set up by the Union government in 2024 to give a free hand to State police and other authorised government agencies to warn social media platforms of flouting rules. X rejected this
and argued that the government, through this portal, is working like a broad and illegal censorship regime that would make it liable for criminal offence in case of non-compliance. Through an X post, the social media company 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