Karnataka High Court rejects X Corp’s petition; says social media cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom

BENGALURUObserving that social media, as a modern amphitheatre of ideas, cannot be left in a state of anarchic freedom, the High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday rejected the petition filed by X Corp. (formerly Twitter Inc.), which had challenged blocking orders issued by Central and State authorities under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act.Justice M. Nagaprasanna, while reading out the judgment, said, “Regulation of information in this domain is neither novel nor unique. The US regulates it. Ever ...