SG creates fake 'SC of K'taka' X account, flags its misuse

TO demonstrate how platform 'X' can be misused, and the necessity to curtail its misuse, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta on Friday showed the Karnataka High Court a fake account in the name of the 'Supreme Court of Karnataka', which was verified by the platform X.

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Making a submission before Justice M Nagaprasanna, while hearing a petition filed by X Corp questioning the series of blocking orders issued by the Union government, Mehta drew the attention of the court by giving an illustration to defend the blocking orders.

Mehta explained that they opened an account in the name of 'Supreme Court of Karnataka' on X, and it is a verified account. "Now we can post anything on it, and viewers can say that the Supreme Court of Karnataka said it. The creator of the account remains anonymous," he submitted.