“The use of the said terminology by a worldwide portal like X is unfortunate and condemnable,” the information technology ministry told the court, adding that the company was raising a “groundless concern of censorship”.
The ministry, whose statement to the court on March 27 is not public, did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
Modi’s government says the new website was intended only to swiftly notify tech companies of their due diligence obligations and no blocking orders were issued.
X says India has unlawfully expanded its censorship powers to allow easier removal of online content, giving “countless” government officials the power to execute such orders through the website it described as a “censorship portal”
