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Centre had directed Twitter to act on the take-down notices sent under Section 69A of the IT Act. Notices were also issued for non-compliance as some of the content was not taken down.
Twitter India, on Tuesday, moved a plea in the Karnataka High Court challenging the orders of the Centre to remove content from the social media platform.
IANS has reported that several blocking orders that were issued to Twitter by the government, which only elaborate the grounds of Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, but fail to establish how the content is violative of Section 69A.
According to the report, Centre had directed Twitter to act on the take-down notices sent under Section 69A of the IT Act. Centre had also issued notices for non-compliance, as some of the content was not taken down.
Section 69A of the IT Act enables the centre to block public’s access to an intermediary (like Twitter) “in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence relating to above”.
Twitter has also sought the directions of the court on some of the content that forms a part of various blocking orders. The company has asked the court to set aside these blocking orders.
The report, notes that IT Ministry had in June warned Twitter of strict action if it does not comply with some content takedown orders. It is twitter’s contention that multiple accounts and content included in the blocking orders are either "overbroad and arbitrary" fail to provide notice to the "originators" of the content, and are "disproportionate" in several cases.
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