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SG Mehta’s ‘demo’ X account taken down during trial
Hindustan Times Ranchi
|July 19, 2025
X'S COUNSEL ALSO CLARIFIED THAT CONTRARY TO THE SOLICITOR GENERAL'S CLAIM, THE ACCOUNT WAS NOT VERIFIED BY THE PLATFORM
Solicitor general Tushar Mehta created a fake X account named “Supreme Court of Karnataka” and presented it to the Karnataka high court on Friday to demonstrate online misinformation risks — only to have the platform suspend the fictional handle by the time the hearing ended.
Mehta handed his mobile phone to justice M Nagaprasanna to show the fake account, complete with the court's photograph and official-looking handle, arguing it proved how easily false content could spread online.
This story is from the July 19, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Ranchi.
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