Bengaluru, Sept. 25 -- The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed X Corp's petition challenging the Union government's Sahyog portal, holding that social media content cannot be left unregulated in the name of free speech and that the system represents a legitimate tool for ensuring digital accountability. Justice M Nagaprasanna rejected X's arguments as "devoid of merit" and described the portal as an "instrument of public good" that serves as a "beacon of cooperation" between citizens and social media intermediaries in combating cybercrime. "Sahyog portal, far from being Constitutional anathema, in its truth is an instrument of public good conceived under the authority of Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act and Rule 3(d) of the 2021 Rules...