Days after the Karnataka High Court rejected its plea against the Sahyog portal – a platform used by various government agencies to issue content takedown orders to internet companies – Elon Musk-owned social media company X said that it was “deeply concerned” by the order, and that it would file an appeal against it.

In a social media post by via global government affairs handle Monday morning, X said that the order will allow “millions” of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders through the “secretive” online portal called the Sahyog. “This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, violates Supreme Court rulings, and infringes Indian citizens’ constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression,” it said. It added tha

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