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The Karnataka High Court said that notices were given to Twitter, but Twitter did not comply with them.
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed Twitter’s petition against the order of the Central Government. Twitter challenged the central government’s order to block accounts, tweets and URLs of some people in the court. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50 lakh on Twitter for disobeying the Centre’s order.
Court said that Twitter is not a farmer but a billion dollar company, it should have known the rules.
Know what is the whole matter…
- According to media reports, between February 2021 and 2022, the central government had ordered Twitter to block some accounts, tweets and URLs related to the farmer’s movement and the corona virus.
- The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had sent a notice to Twitter in June last year that legal action would be taken against the company for non-compliance of the central government’s order.
- Twitter had filed a petition against this in the Karnataka High Court. On July 26, 2022, the single judge bench of Justice Krishna Sinha heard it for the first time. After this, both the Central Government and Twitter presented their stand before the court.
- The High Court had reserved its judgment on April 21 this year. The verdict was pronounced on June 30 and asked to deposit the fine within 45 days.
During the farmer’s movement in February 2021, on the orders of the central government, Twitter had also blocked many accounts including Kisan Ekta Morcha.
Twitter said – had to tell the reason for blocking the account
Twitter told the court that the central government did not have the authority to issue general orders to block social media accounts. For this, the government had to tell the reason for blocking the account, so that the company could tell the user why his account was blocked.
At the same time, the government said that keeping in mind the national interest, orders were given to block Twitter. So that incidents of lynching and mob violence can be stopped.
The court said – despite knowing the punishment, did not obey the order
While giving the verdict, the court said – notices were given to Twitter, but Twitter did not follow them. Failure to comply with the order can lead to imprisonment of up to 7 years and fine. Knowing this, the orders were not followed. The reason behind the delay in obeying the order was also not given. After this Twitter suddenly came to court.