The Union government on Thursday said a petition by Twitter Inc. before the High Court of Karnataka, questioning content and account ‘blocking orders’, is ‘not maintainable’, as it is a foreign company and therefore has no right to allege violation of fundamental rights under the Indian Constitution.
In a detailed statement of objection submitted to the court, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has said that Twitter, being a mere ‘social media intermediary’, has no right or locus to take up the case of its users against any orders, passed by the competent authority under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
