Maturity level of some social media users not up to mark, says Karnataka HC

The Karnataka High Court on Thursday observed that the maturity level of some internet users is not up to the mark and they may believe in anything they come across.

The court made the observation while hearing a petition by US-based microblogging site, Twitter against the Union Government’s orders issued to take down certain accounts, tweets and links on its platform, in national and public interest. Justice Krishna S Dixit said, “Maturity level of a section of society is not up to the mark. A section of people believe whatever comes.”

Senior advocate Ashok Haranahalli, arguing on behalf of Twitter submitted that providing a notice to those whose accounts are taken down was a procedural requirement but this was not being done.