Social media platform X on Friday, November 6, informed the Delhi High Court that notices directing it to block the accounts of Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) were issued by an impostor impersonating the Delhi Police.
\n\nThe platform made the submission before Justice Amit Mahajan during the hearing of petitions filed by IFF and SFLC challenging the notices. X also assured the court that the social media handles of the two organisations would not be taken down.
\n\n"It was an imposter. We have done an internal investigation, and it turned out this was an impostor. We have filed a complaint with Delhi Police," X's counsel told the court, according to Bar and Bench.
\n\nTaking note of the submission, the High Court disposed of the petitions filed by IFF and SFLC.
\n\nOne of the disputed notices alleged that the organisations had published defamatory content against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). It invoked Section 356 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which deals with criminal defamation.
\n\nThe second notice covered 40 URLs, including 37 individual posts and the X accounts of IFF, SFLC and an account identified as 'Geo Blocked in India'. It also sought the removal…
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