Twitter deliberately defiant to laws of the land: Centre tells Karnataka HC

The Centre has told the Karnataka High Court that Twitter “deliberately” remained non-compliant and defiant to the laws of the land and that the social media giant has no role to play in the security of the country.

The submission was made by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in its 101-page statement of objections on Thursday while opposing the micro-blogging platform’s petition before the high court against the government’s takedown and blocking orders.

On the claims by Twitter that political tweets were asked to be taken down, the Centre stated that it had only asked for unverified accounts to be blocked.