India, March 30 -- The Centre has slammed social media platform X for calling the government's Sahyog portal a "censorship" tool.

In a detailed response submitted before the Karnataka High Court (HC), the Centre, as per The Hindu businessline, termed X's characterisation of the platform "unfortunate" and "condemnable."

"It is misleading to label Sahyog as a censorship tool. By doing so, the petitioner is wrongfully presenting itself as a content creator rather than an intermediary. Such an assertion from a global platform like X is deeply regrettable and unacceptable," the submission read.

The submission came as the HC was hearing a petition filed by X, challenging the government's use of Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology ...