X says takedown notices targeting Indian free-speech groups were fake

X told an Indian court that takedown notices apparently issued by Delhi Police against two free-speech organisations were fake. The claim raises questions about who sent the notices and why the groups’ accounts were targeted.

The Internet Freedom Foundation and Software Freedom Law Center India, known as SFLC.in, had said the purported notice asked X to remove their accounts. It accused them of defaming a Hindu nationalist group linked to India’s ruling party.