X sues India over content removal in new censorship fight

Lawsuit escalates legal feud between Musk's social media site and Modi government

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Elon Musk, the owner of X, meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Washington on Feb. 13. (From X feed of @narendramodi via Reuters)

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -- India's IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content and empowered "countless" government officials to execute such orders, Elon Musk's X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi.

The lawsuit and the allegations mark an escalation in an ongoing legal dispute between X and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government over how New Delhi orders content to be taken down. It also comes as Musk is getting closer to launching his other key ventures Starlink and Tesla in India.

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