NEW DELHI: The Centre and
Delhi Police told Delhi high court on Friday that social media platform X (formerly Twitter) risks losing its safe harbour protection in India as an intermediary if it fails to act despite court orders and police notices in connection with allegedly objectionable posts by journalist Rana Ayyub concerning Hindu deities and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar.
In a note submitted to court, the Centre said despite having "actual knowledge", X did not remove the "unlawful content from its platform" and such inaction amounts to non-compliance with due diligence requirements under the law.
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