India: Twitter lawsuit against Government orders to take down content
Progress
Current status
in force
30 Jun 2023 in force
05 Jul 2022 under 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 …
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court
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…
SourceEvent type
civil lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court