He says, “The Indian Court’s ruling will fight against the content removal system

The social network X said on Monday that it would appeal the ruling of the Indian court, which supported a system to remove content, describing the government run by the government as “secret” and claiming that it “has no basis in the law.”

And the platform said Last week’s decision from the Karnataka Supreme Court Police allows the issuance of orders to remove “arbitrary” content via the online portal, which is called sahyog. The ruling was in response to a petition of x, It was presented in MarchThis challenges the government and the regime, which the company described in the court as a “control gate.”

India (“Help” in Indian) launched in late 2024 to automate content removal and allow government agencies to request social media platforms directly to remove the content they consider illegal. Companies including Google, Meta and Sharechat have joined the gate, but X has so far refused compliance.

The portal “Article 69 A of the Information Technology Law, violates the provisions of the Supreme Court, violates the constitutional rights of Indian citizens in freedom of expression and expression”, account of global government affairs in x Book on monday.

Article 69 A of the Information Technology Law rules how the federal government can prevent online content, and include procedural guarantees such as written requests and judicial review.

“Sahyog enables officers to request the removal of content based on” illegal allegations “, without judicial review or legal procedures due to speakers, and threatens the platforms with criminal responsibility for not compliance.

In its ruling last week, the court rejected the argument of “freedom of expression” for X, saying that the social media platform, as a foreign company, does not have the constitutional right to freedom of expression under Indian law.

The company said: “We do not face respect with the opinion that we do not have the right to raise these concerns because of our integration abroad – X contributed greatly to the public discourse in India and that the voice of our users is at the heart of our platform.” “We will resume this to defend freedom of expression.”

The Battle of the Indian government comes as Elon Musk is working to expand his business in the country. The billionaire recently Tesla launched In India, and Securing the final organizational approval To launch Internet satellite service, Starlink.