Elon Musk- X / Musk's X filed a petition against the Indian government, know what the Karnataka HC said

Elon Musk- X: Elon Musk-owned social media platform X has filed a petition against the Government of India in the Karnataka High Court. The petition alleges that officials of the Government of India are blocking content on X, which is a misuse of Section 79(3)(B) of the IT Act.

Allegation of censorship on the government

According to media reports, X has said in its petition that this censorship policy of the government is illegal and it violates the right of expression of citizens. However, the exact date of filing of this petition has not been made public yet.

X Corp says that if the content continues to be removed so easily on the platform, it will damage the trust of the users and will adversely affect the company's business.

Allegation of blocking content through 'Sahyog' portal

X alleged that the Government of India is blocking content through a portal called 'Sahyog'. This portal is operated by the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center, which works under the Ministry of Home Affairs. X claims that through this portal, police and government departments are giving orders to remove digital content without following due legal process.

According to X, government officials in India are creating an illegal censorship system without any valid process. The company also said that the 'Sahyog' portal is working like a 'censorship tool', which cannot be legally validated.

Pressure on X to appoint a nodal officer

X has said in its petition that the Supreme Court has only validated Section 69 (A) of the IT Act, while there is a lack of transparency in the Sahyog portal. The company alleges that thousands of government officials are giving orders to remove content without any clear rules.

The company also said that the government is pressurizing X to appoint a nodal officer. X argues that it has already appointed the necessary officers under the IT rules, so the appointment of separate officers for the Sahyog portal should not be mandatory.

First hearing of the court and government's response

According to reports, the first hearing of this case was held recently. The government told the court that no punitive action has been taken against X. At the same time, the court assured X that if the government has taken any strict action without due legal process, then it should be informed.

Indian government's eye on Grok

The Ministry of Information and Technology of the Government of India can take action on X's AI tool Grok. According to reports, complaints have been received about the use of abusive words in Hindi language in the answers given by Grok. After this, the ministry has decided to investigate the matter.

The government is investigating the reasons for the use of objectionable words by the chatbot and what mechanism is working behind it.

X's AI company xAI launched Grok for the first time in November 2023. So far three versions of it have come, in which the latest version Grok-3 was introduced in February 2025.

Conclusion

This legal clash between X and the Indian government has once again highlighted the debate on the balance between freedom of expression and digital censorship. It will be interesting to see what the court decides in this case and whether the government makes any changes to the rules on digital censorship.