Centre not empowered to issue ‘general’ account ban orders: Twitter to Karnataka HC

Sharpening its attack against the government, microblogging platform Twitter on Monday told the Karnataka High Court that the Centre was not empowered to issue “general” block orders to ban social media accounts. “There can’t be general blocking orders unless the content violates the grounds under 69A,” Twitter’s counsel Arvind Datar was quoted as saying by Business Standard.