DPA

India: Twitter files lawsuit over its orders to take down some content on the social media platform

Progress

Current status
under appeal
05 Jul 2022 under appeal

Scope

Implementers
India
Policy Area
Content moderation
Policy Instrument
Content moderation regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

05 Jul 2022
under appeal

Twitter files lawsuit challenging orders to block content

On 5 July 2022, Twitter filed a lawsuit in the Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru challenging the Indian government's orders to delete content that was classified as endangering public order. The take-down order referred to the tweets posted during the…

Source
Event type investigation
Action type appeal
Government branch judiciary
Government body court