Twitter's attempt to contest the directives issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, for non-compliance, was rejected by the Karnataka High Court, which also levied a fine of Rs 50 lakh on the microblogging service.
For those who are unaware, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology requested Twitter to remove several accounts that had tweeted about the coronavirus and farmers' protests. Twitter just rejected the directives, claiming that they "demonstrate excessive use of powers," in accordance with LiveLaw.
Twitter allegedly received notifications for the same but disregarded them. Twitter was really informed that the penalty for "non-compliance is 7 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine," yet even that 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," tweeted Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology.
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's assertion that the social media site was under duress from the Indian government during the farmers' protest in 2021 has previously been refuted by Rajeev Chandrasekhar. He referred to Dorsey's claims as an "outright lie" and an "attempt to whitewash Twitter's controversial past."
“So you postponed compliance for more than a year without providing any explanation, and then all of a sudden you comply and go to court. You are a billion-dollar corporation, not a farmer,” the court's Bench declared in delivering the decision.
(The news is in consideration with news18.com)
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