Twitter was reportedly despatched notices for a similar, however it reportedly didn’t comply.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Twitter’s bid to problem the orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, for non-compliance and imposed a nice of Rs 50 lakh on the micro-running a blog platform.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Twitter’s bid to problem the orders issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, for non-compliance and imposed a nice of Rs 50 lakh on the micro-running a blog platform.
For the uninitiated, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had requested Twitter to take down some accounts with tweets associated to the farmers’ protests and coronavirus. Twitter merely dismissed the orders, and mentioned that the orders “demonstrate excessive use of powers,” as per LiveLaw.
Twitter was reportedly despatched notices for a similar, however it reportedly didn’t comply. In truth, Twitter was additionally additionally informed that the punishment for “non-compliance is 7 years imprisonment and unlimited fine,” however that too, did not “deter” Twitter.
“Karnataka High Court has dismissed the petition filed by @Twitter, challenging the blocking orders issued to it by @GoI_MeitY u/s.69(A) of IT Act 2000,” Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, mentioned in a tweet.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar has already challenged former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s declare that the social media platform was pressured by the Indian authorities throughout the farmers’ protest in 2021. He known as Dorsey’s statements an “outright lie” and an “attempt to whitewash Twitter’s controversial past.”
“So you have not given any reason why you delayed compliance, more than a year of delay…then all of sudden you comply and approach the Court. You are not a farmer but a billion dollar company,” the courtroom’s Bench mentioned, asserting the decision.
