The Social Media platform owned by Elon Musk X technician allegedly filed a legal petition at the Karnataka High Court, which challenged the use of section 79 (3) (a). (B) in the Content blocking Act. According to the X Corp, reported reports, this provision is abused to create a censorship mechanism through the Sahyog portal, which bypasses the statutory warranty referred to in section 69a.
What does a petition say
X The action claimed that the use of the provisions of section 79 para. B) IT law damages its ability to operate in the country and create arbitrary censors.
The petition claimed that section 69A is the only valid legal framework for blocking online content and any deviation from this annulment of the Supreme Court directives. “The Act requires that information blocking can only be carried out according to section 69a, which lays down a court check. By using section 79 (3) (b) as an alternative mechanism, the Government will effectively cancel the Supreme Court Directive,” says the media reports cited from the petition.
In the X Corp petition, he claimed that the abuse of section 79 para. B) violates constitutional rights, namely Article 14, which guarantees equality before the Act and Article 19 (1) (a). A), which ensures freedom of expression and expression.
The Company further seeks a court state that Section 79 para. (B) does not provide the government authority to issue blocking orders and wants to stop all orders under it.
The legal dispute revolves around the interpretation and the application of § 79 para. (B) of which X Corp allegedly claimed is intended as a provision on a safe port for intermediaries and not as an instrument for government censorship. The petition reportedly pointed out that the government approach was bypassed by the procedure guarantees, such as the reasons for recording in writing and providing preliminary hearing, which are required according to section 69a.
The central problem in the petition is the portal Sahyog, managed by the Ministry for Internal Affairs, which allegedly allows the state police and various government authorities to issue requests to stop stops without compliance with legal processes. X Corp -Plea claimed that this portal allows thousands of officials to order content removal without transparency or supervision, raising significant concerns about unregulated censorship.
The company also apparently questioned the requirement to appoint a “nodal officer” for adherence to directives issued through the Sahy Portal and claims that this mandate lacks legal legitimacy. This legal steps follow the previous challenge in 2022, where X Corp attacked the stops to stop according to section 69a for the lack of transparency and violation of the protection of freedom of expression.
The court allowed X Corp to return to dealing with the matter if the government took any preventive steps. Another hearing is scheduled for 27 March.
What is the Sahyog portal?
Sahyda Sahy is an initiative to strengthen cooperation between government agencies and social media media to create a safer cyberspace. It has been designed to facilitate the reporting and removal of illegal content online, as well as to streamline requests for data from the coercive authorities.
The portal enables cooperation between authorized agencies from central and state governments to cooperate with social media platforms on effective solution of computer crime.
The main challenges to accept the portal Sahyda include resistance X, popular social media platforms in the country. In particular, 38 other intermediaries, including META, WhatsApp, Apple, Amazon, Telegram and Instagram, were “on board”, while there are 15 intermediaries in this process. The approval process is carried out to the on -board exchange of cryptocurrency, learns.
However, some of the parties involved were concerned about compliance with the Personal Data Protection Acts and the potential of the abuse of data collected through the portal. This led to concern about the willingness of intermediaries to fully engage in the system in the system.
