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On Friday, the Karnataka High Court rejected Twitter’s appeal against directives from the Centre to prohibit specific social media accounts and posts. The business was fined Rs 50 lakh by the high court for failing to follow instructions from the Indian government.
Under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, Twitter has contested the directives given to it by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeiTY) the previous year. Between February 2021 and February 2022, Twitter has been requested to block a number of social media accounts and tweets by the Centre. Twitter had contested 39 of these restraining orders.
Twitter advised the high court at the 2022 plea hearings that the Centre’s decision to block an account should specify why it is being blocked. Additionally, it asked that a standard be established so that the order (given in accordance with section 69A of the IT Act, 2000) may be contested if necessary.
While everything was going on, the Centre had informed the high court that Twitter had been a “habitual non-compliant platform for several years.”
Before the banning orders were issued, the Indian government claimed that there had been 50 talks between the government and officials from Twitter.
Additionally, the Centre had stated before the court that “Twitter clearly intended to not comply with the laws of the land.”
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Written By- Smrutiman Anantveer Mohanty, College Name- Army Law College, PuneIntern under Legal Vidhiya
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