Bengaluru: Social media intermediary ‘X’ is set to appeal against the Karnataka High Court’s order dismissing their plea challenging its mandatory onboarding on the government’s Sahyog portal.

The Global Government Affairs team of X on Monday expressed concern over the High Court’s order and said that the decision infringes the right to freedom of speech and expression, and violates the apex court’s rulings in similar matters.

Sharing a post, the Global Government Affairs team wrote, “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. This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the IT Act, violates Supreme

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