New Delhi. Alan Musk -owned social media platform X has suffered a setback from the Karnataka High Court. The petition challenging the central government’s takedown order has been rejected by the court. Along with this, the court has clearly directed that if you want to work in India, then the rules here will have to be accepted and followed. In fact, the central government had instructed X to block some accounts and posts in the past. The X approached the Karnataka High Court against the central government.
The X was argued in the court on behalf of X, which said that she works under American laws and has the right to freedom of expression. Therefore, he is not obliged to follow the Techdown orders of the Government of India. On the other hand, in response on behalf of the central government, it was said that Article 19 (2) guarantees freedom of expression only for Indian citizens, not to foreign companies or non-citizens. The bench of Justice M. Nagprasanna of the Karnataka High Court dismissed the petition in its judgment that social media needs regulation, so companies cannot be allowed to work without any control.
The bench said, every sovereign nation controls social media. With the progress of technology, timely control and regulations have also come into force. The court dismissed the implementation of American jurisprudence in India and said that the rules and laws in India are different. The court further said that social media platforms cannot ignore the laws of the country. The bench also said that the Indian market cannot be considered as a playground of anyone.