India, Nov. 17 -- X Corp (formerly Twitter) has filed a writ appeal before the Karnataka High Court against a single judge Bench's recent decision to uphold the legality of the Central government's Sahyog portal - an online platform used to issue content takedown orders to social media platforms. The appeal was filed on November 14 and is currently under scrutiny by the Registry of the Court. It is expected to be listed before a Division Bench of the Karnataka High Court.

X Corp had challenged the Sahyog portal mechanism on the ground that it circumvents due process requirements under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and violates safeguards laid down in the Shreya Singhal case, when it comes to regulating or directing the blocking of...