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
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
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