Twitter can’t oppose blocking of accounts: Govt in Karnataka HC

Social media platform Twitter is a foreign business entity and does not have any fundamental right or legal remedy to espouse the cause of account holders whose handles have been blocked by the government, the Centre told the Karnataka high court on Tuesday.

Arguing against a petition filed by Twitter against the blocking of 39 accounts, additional solicitor general R Sankarnarayan, representing the electronics and IT ministry, said the tech firm cannot raise contentions on the blocking of any account since it does not have any such legal or fundamental right under the Constitution.