Twitter runs after legal review of Indian orders to take down content
The government has already said that big social media platforms like Twitter, have not complied with removal requests, despite of their judicial standing.
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Twitter is seeking to reverse some Indian government orders to take down content on the social media platform in a legal challenge that alleges abuse of power by officials.
The U.S. company’s attempt to get a legal review is a part of the growing conflict with New Delhi.
Over the past year, Twitter has been asked by Indian authorities to act upon the content that includes accounts supportive of an independent Sikh state, posts claimed to have spread misinformation about the farmer’s protests, and tweets critical of the government’s handling of the pandemic.
On Tuesday, India’s IT ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Twitter’s legal move.
The government has already said that big social media platforms like Twitter, have not complied with removal requests, despite their judicial standing.
Last month, Twitter was warned by India’s IT ministry of criminal proceedings if it doesn’t obey some orders. Twitter did comply this week, so as to not lose liability exemptions available as a host of content.
According to Reuters, Twitter argues in its requests for a judicial review that some removal orders fell short of the procedural requirements of India’s IT act, without specifying which Twitter wanted to be reviewed.
The IT act permits the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons.
Twitter which has 24 million users in India argues in its filing that some orders fail to give notice to the authors of the content.
