X tells Indian court takedown notices targeting free-speech groups were fake

Key facts

• X told an Indian court the takedown notices purportedly issued by Delhi Police were fake.
• The Internet Freedom Foundation and SFLC.in had said a purported New Delhi police notice sought removal of their accounts.
• The groups said the notice accused them of defaming a Hindu nationalist group linked to India's ruling party.

X, the social media platform, told an Indian court on November 6, 2026 that takedown notices purportedly issued by Delhi Police targeting prominent free-speech groups were fake, Reuters reported.

The Internet Freedom Foundation and India's Software Freedom Law Center, called SFLC.in, had previously said a purported notice from police in New Delhi asked X to remove their accounts. The groups said the notice accused them of defaming a Hindu nationalist group linked to India's ruling party.

The report did not name the court, the judge or the case, and gave no detail on how X determined the notices were fake or what the court did with its statement.