Elon Musk’s X challenges India ruling on content blocking, cites censorship risk
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Social media platform X is seeking to quash a court ruling that it was not compliant with government orders to remove content, arguing it could embolden New Delhi to block more content and broaden the scope for censorship.X, formerly known as Twitter, in July 2022 sought to overturn government orders to remove some content from its platform. A court in June 2023 quashed that request and imposed a fine of 5 million rupees ($60,560). X has now appealed against that decision, arguing in a 96-page filing that the government "will be emboldened to issue more blocking orders" that violate law. The filing, which was dated Aug. 1 but has not been posted publicly, was submitted by local law firm Poovayya & Co at the Karnataka High Court. The original lawsuit predates X's ownership by ...