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Takedown Notices For IFF, SFLC Were Sent By Impostor, Not Delhi Police: X Corp Tells Delhi High Court
9 outlets reported this over 4 hours. First seen by Huduku: LiveLaw, 6 Nov, 11:28 am.
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- LiveLaw: Live Law Media Pvt LtdFounded 2013
- Deccan Herald: The Printers (Mysore) Pvt LtdFounded 1948
- The Wire: no owner named on Huduku’s list
- Times of India: Bennett, Coleman & Co. LtdFounded 1838
- Scroll: Scroll Media Inc.Founded 2014
- The News Minute: Spunklane Media Pvt. Ltd.Founded 2014
- The Print: Printline Media Pvt. Ltd.Founded 2017
- Newslaundry: News Laundry Media Pvt. Ltd.Founded 2012
- The New Indian Express: no owner named on Huduku’s list
When the reports appeared?
9 reports from 9 outlets over 4 hours.
First seen by Huduku LiveLaw, 6 Nov, 11:28 am Latest 6 Nov, 3:41 pm
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How each outlet put it?
Highlighted: words only this outlet used
Most outlets used:
The News Minute and Newslaundry used nearly the same words. Headlines this close usually come from one news agency’s copy.?
- Takedown Notices For IFF, SFLC Were Sent By Impostor, Not Delhi Police: X Corp Tells Delhi High Court
Words only this outlet used: Corp.
- Takedown notices targeting digital rights groups were sent by impostor, not police: X tells Delhi HC
Words only this outlet used: targeting digital rights groups.
- ‘Takedown Notices to IFF, SFLC Came from an Imposter, Not Delhi Police’: X Tells Delhi High Court
Words only this outlet used: Came.
- 'It was an imposter': X tells HC takedown notices for IFF, SFLC not sent by Delhi Police
- ‘Imposter’, not Delhi Police, sent ‘notices’ to take down IFF, SLFC accounts: X tells HC
Words only this outlet used: down, SLFC.
- The News Minute ≈ same wordingImpostor posing as Delhi Police sought takedown of IFF, SFLC accounts, X tells HC
- Takedown notices to IFF, SFLC, others over RSS ‘defamation’ sent by impostor, not Delhi Police—X to HC
Words only this outlet used: others, RSS, defamation.
- Newslaundry ≈ same wordingImpostor posing as Delhi Police sought takedown of IFF, SFLC accounts, X tells HC
- Imposter, not Delhi Police, sent request to block IFF, SFLC handles: X tells Delhi HC
Words only this outlet used: request, block, handles.
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Courts and law
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Who follows this
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- Supreme Court Observer ↗ Reports, case pages and analysis on the Supreme Court, by the Legal Observer Trust, with offices in Bengaluru and New Delhi. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- The Leaflet ↗ Legal and public policy news and opinion; owned by AGIJ Promotion of Nineteenonea Media Pvt Ltd, Mumbai (About page). (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- DAKSH ↗ Bengaluru civil society group founded in 2008: research on courts and tribunals, and a High Court data portal. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Indian Kanoon ↗ Search engine for Indian laws and judgments, run by IKanoon Software Development Pvt Ltd; free search, paid extras. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- LiveLaw: Karnataka High Court ↗ LiveLaw's page of Karnataka High Court reports; LiveLaw is published by Live Law Media Pvt Ltd, Kochi. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Bar & Bench (Kannada) ↗ Kannada edition of Bar & Bench: legal news from the courts, published by SAB Media Software Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Bar & Bench ↗ Legal news on courts, law firms and law schools, published by SAB Media Software Services Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
Where the records are
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- National Judicial Data Grid (district courts) ↗ National Judicial Data Grid: pending and disposed cases in district courts, by state, district and year, with age of cases. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- eCourts services ↗ e-Committee of the Supreme Court: case status, court orders and cause lists for district courts and High Courts, in Kannada too. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
Digital rights and surveillance
7 of 9 headlines here use ‘Takedown’.
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Who follows this
Sites that cover this subject, chosen by the editor. Facts about each, with the page they came from.
- SFLC.in ↗ Donor-supported legal services group on digital rights, registered as a society; its site says 'Defending Digital Freedoms Since 2010'. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Internet Freedom Foundation ↗ Digital rights group funded by donations; says it was 'born out of the net neutrality, SaveTheInternet.in movement'. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- MediaNama: Privacy ↗ Technology policy news, owned by Mixed Bag Media Pvt Ltd; this page lists its stories tagged Privacy. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
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- Internet Shutdowns Tracker ↗ SFLC.in's log of internet shutdowns ordered in India, each with its date, place and news source. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- RTI Online (Department of Personnel and Training) ↗ DoPT's portal for filing RTI requests and first appeals to central public authorities online; not for state bodies. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
- Central Information Commission — Decisions ↗ Statutory appeals body under the RTI Act, set up 12 Oct 2005: its decisions on RTI appeals and complaints, and annual reports. (facts from; checked 5 Oct 2026)
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