India, Sept. 29 -- Update | 15:30, September 29

Social media platform X has said it will appeal against the Karnataka High Court ruling that dismissed its challenge to India's content takedown framework.

In a statement, the company said it is deeply concerned by the Karnataka HC order "which will allow millions of police officers to issue arbitrary takedown orders through a secretive online portal called the Sahyog".

"This new regime has no basis in the law, circumvents Section 69A of the IT Act, violates Supreme Court rulings, and infringes Indian citizens' constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression," the Elon Musk-owned platform's global government affairs team said in a post.

The platform said that the Sahyog portal ...