Twitter can’t have FoE protection under Article 19: Centre before HC
Arguing before the Karnataka high court, the central government said that the US-based microblogging platform Twitter is not entitled to protection under Article 19 of the Constitution. This is because the Article grants freedom of speech and expression only to Indian citizens, organisations, and not to foreigners. A number of blocking orders issued by the Centre between February 2, 2021, and February 28, 2022 were being contested by Twitter in court....