BENGALURU: US-based microblogging platform Twitter Inc can not search coverage beneath Article 19 of the Constitution that promises freedom of speech and expression to Indian voters and entities, to not foreigners, the central govt mentioned Thursday within the Karnataka prime courtroom.
Twitter had approached the courtroom, difficult a sequence of blocking off orders issued through the Center from February 2, 2021 to February 28, 2022. It claimed the orders are “arbitrary” as they fail to supply prior realize to the originator of the content material.
For the federal government, further solicitor normal (South) R Sankaranarayanan submitted prior to the HC: “They don’t seem to be entitled to coverage beneath Article 19, as this can be a international entity. Under Article 14, there’s not anything arbitrary and segment 69(A) has been correctly adopted…. Therefore, they aren’t entitled to any aid.” The hearing was adjourned till April 10.
Twitter has argued that the Centre’s directive to take down an account for a particular tweet goes against Section 69A of the information technology law and a violation of the right to equality enshrined in Article 14.
Sankaranarayanan said whenever Twitter was asked to identify the originator, the company had turned to its confidentiality rule. He said a dangerous situation can arise and lead to violence if someone opens a sham account of the Pakistan government and tweets something like “Indian-occupied Kashmir”, or if someone says LTTE leader Prabhakaran is alive and raring to go.
Sankaranarayanan said the “doctrine of proportionality” (now not resorting to motion this is extra drastic than important to reach sure effects) has modified and can’t be invoked as a straitjacket method. He mentioned even the splendid courtroom felt in instances it had adjudicated that the originator must be recognized.
Twitter had approached the courtroom, difficult a sequence of blocking off orders issued through the Center from February 2, 2021 to February 28, 2022. It claimed the orders are “arbitrary” as they fail to supply prior realize to the originator of the content material.
For the federal government, further solicitor normal (South) R Sankaranarayanan submitted prior to the HC: “They don’t seem to be entitled to coverage beneath Article 19, as this can be a international entity. Under Article 14, there’s not anything arbitrary and segment 69(A) has been correctly adopted…. Therefore, they aren’t entitled to any aid.” The hearing was adjourned till April 10.
Twitter has argued that the Centre’s directive to take down an account for a particular tweet goes against Section 69A of the information technology law and a violation of the right to equality enshrined in Article 14.
Sankaranarayanan said whenever Twitter was asked to identify the originator, the company had turned to its confidentiality rule. He said a dangerous situation can arise and lead to violence if someone opens a sham account of the Pakistan government and tweets something like “Indian-occupied Kashmir”, or if someone says LTTE leader Prabhakaran is alive and raring to go.
Sankaranarayanan said the “doctrine of proportionality” (now not resorting to motion this is extra drastic than important to reach sure effects) has modified and can’t be invoked as a straitjacket method. He mentioned even the splendid courtroom felt in instances it had adjudicated that the originator must be recognized.