{ KARNATAKA HC TOLD } Meta not yet on Sahyog portal:

SG Mehta

- Sejal Sharma

Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, has not yet been onboarded onto the government's Sahyog portal, solicitor general Tushar Mehta disclosed in written submissions to the Karnataka high court, making it the second major tech company after X to remain outside the ambit of the platform that facilitates the process of sending takedown notices to intermediaries.

The disclosure was made in written submissions filed during proceedings in X's legal challenge against the portal, which the social media platform callsa “censorship portal” that bypasses legal safeguards under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.