{"id":250904,"date":"2023-07-05T20:17:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T14:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=250904"},"modified":"2023-08-31T14:43:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T09:13:43","slug":"thwarting-twitter-on-karnataka-hc-judgment-against-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thwarting-twitter-on-karnataka-hc-judgment-against-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"Thwarting Twitter \u2013 on Karnataka HC judgment against Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> This post is based on the article \u201c<strong>Let Them Think<\/strong>\u201d, published in The Times of India on 5<sup>th<\/sup> July, 2023.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus topic:<\/strong> GS Paper 2, Government Policies for various sectors<\/p>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The article discusses the recent rejection by the Karnataka High Court of a petition by Twitter, Inc., which challenged the validity of the Union government&#8217;s blocking orders.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More about the case<\/strong>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/a-case-of-unchecked-power-to-restrict-e-free-speech\/\">A case of unchecked power to restrict e-free speech<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The court ruled that Twitter, as a foreign entity, could not invoke the constitutional guarantee of free speech and expression on behalf of its users.<\/p>\n<p>It also imposed a fine of \u20b950 lakh on Twitter for indulging in &#8220;speculative litigation&#8221; despite not complying with the blocking orders for a long period.<\/p>\n<p>Court refused to entertain all arguments based on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The absence of notice to users and<\/li>\n<li>Lack of proportionality involved in large-scale suspension of accounts and posts on few topics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>What are the issues reported by the author with the judgment? <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The court&#8217;s decision will potentially encourage account-level blocking rather than the removal of specific tweets, links, or URLs deemed harmful to public order or national security.<\/p>\n<p>It will have significant implications for freedom of speech and expression in India, particularly in the context of social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>It also raises questions about the rights and obligations of large media companies in relation to user-generated content. A definitive verdict from the Supreme Court may be needed to clarify these issues.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What should be done?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Laws in most countries allow intermediaries such as social media platforms and Internet service providers to remove any offending content.<\/p>\n<p>Democracies should formulate policies and regulations rooted in fairness and natural justice.<\/p>\n<p>Government should avoid imposing undue restrictions on freedom of speech and expression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In Shreya Singhal case (2015),<\/strong> Section 69A of the IT Act was upheld by the Supreme Court, because, the section provides adequate procedural safeguards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: This post is based on the article \u201cLet Them Think\u201d, published in The Times of India on 5th July, 2023. Syllabus topic: GS Paper 2, Government Policies for various sectors News: The article discusses the recent rejection by the Karnataka High Court of a petition by Twitter, Inc., which challenged the validity of the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/thwarting-twitter-on-karnataka-hc-judgment-against-twitter\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thwarting Twitter \u2013 on Karnataka HC judgment against Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,225,10496],"class_list":["post-250904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-polity","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250904"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250904\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}