Progress

Current status
in force
30 Jun 2023in force
05 Jul 2022under deliberation

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

30 Jun 2023
in force

Dismissed Twitter lawsuit challenging orders to block content

On 30 June 2023, the High Court of Karnataka dismissed a lawsuit filed by Twitter 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 …

Event typecivil lawsuit
Action typeruling
Government branchjudiciary
Government bodycourt
05 Jul 2022
under deliberation

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…

Event typecivil lawsuit
Action typeannouncement
Government branchjudiciary
Government bodycourt