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The appeal seeks to overturn the September 2025 judgement, which dismissed X Corp\u2019s original plea and upheld the use of the centralised platform designed to automate notices to intermediaries for the removal of unlawful online content. File image\/Reuters<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

X Corp has filed a writ appeal before the Karnataka High Court, challenging a single judge\u2019s ruling that affirmed the Union Government\u2019s authority to issue content-blocking directions through the <\/span>Sahyog portal<\/span><\/a>. The appeal seeks to overturn the September 2025 judgement, which dismissed X Corp\u2019s original plea and upheld the use of the centralised platform designed to automate notices to intermediaries for the removal of unlawful online content.<\/span><\/p>\n

The core of the legal dispute lies in the interpretation of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, specifically the interplay between Section 69A and Section 79(3)(b). X Corp contends that mandatory blocking orders can only be issued through the detailed due-process framework prescribed under Section 69A and its accompanying 2009 Blocking Rules. This framework mandates safeguards such as written reasons, notice to the affected party, and review by a government committee<\/span>\u2014procedures designed to prevent arbitrary censorship and upheld by the Supreme Court in the landmark Shreya Singhal case.<\/span><\/p>\n

X Corp argues that the Sahyog\u00a0portal creates an impermissible \u201cparallel censorship mechanism”\u00a0by allowing various central and state authorities, including police officers, to issue content takedown notices under the much broader provisions of Section 79(3)(b) and Rule 3(1)(d) of the 2021 IT Rules. The platform maintains that this circumventing of the Section 69A process removes the necessary procedural discipline and judicial oversight, empowering \u201cmillions of officers” to demand arbitrary takedowns based merely on allegations of \u201cillegality”.<\/span><\/p>\n

The single-judge bench, however, emphatically rejected this argument in its September ruling. Justice M <\/span>Nagaprasanna<\/span>\u00a0held that the <\/span>Sahyog<\/span>\u00a0portal was not an instrument of censorship but a mere facilitation mechanism intended as an instrument of \u201cpublic good” to streamline cooperation in tackling cybercrime. The court defended the need for regulatory oversight, asserting that social media as a modern public arena cannot be left in a state of \u201canarchic freedom” and that speech must be tempered by reasonable restrictions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, the single-judge bench noted that X Corp, being a foreign company, could not invoke the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, a view X Corp respectfully disagreed with in its subsequent statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

By filing the writ appeal, X Corp is urging a division bench of the High Court to revisit these key constitutional and legal questions: the constitutional standing of foreign corporations, the scope of intermediary liability, and the permissible limits of government power in regulating online content via automated means. The outcome of this appeal will be critical in defining the future of digital governance and free expression rights for all intermediaries operating in the Indian digital space.<\/span><\/p>\n

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