New Delhi (India), March 21: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar commented on X’s (formerly Twitter) move to the Karnataka High Court, stating that while the company has the right to challenge the union government’s actions, the law in India applies equally to everyone. He emphasized that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that all platforms must be “safe and trustworthy.”
“India is a country where the law applies to everybody. X is within its right to go to court to challenge what it believes is unlawful. I said in January 2024 that any platform introduced to Indian consumers and the Indian market must be clear that it is not an experimental platform. If it is experimental, it must disclose that to the user. You can’t have an erroneous AI platform,” Chandrasekhar told.
The BJP leader assured that the law would prevail in India, underscoring the difference between India and countries like China. “In India, the PM has made clear that the platforms have to be safe and trustworthy. Unlike China, India is a country where the law will prevail.”
On March 20, X moved the Karnataka High Court, challenging the union government’s use of Section 79 (3)(b) of the Information Technology Act and the creation and use of the Sahyog government portal. The company claimed that the government has “misused” this section and issued illegal content-blocking orders through the platform Sahyog.
In response to a separate issue, sources from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) clarified on March 20 that no notice had been sent to X or its intelligence vertical, Grok, over a purported use of Hindi slang by its chatbot. Officials from the ministry are reportedly in discussions with X to understand the specific law that might have been violated.
Sources from MeitY stated, “MeitY has not sent any notice to Grok or X. MeitY is in talks with X and Grok to understand what law it is violating.”