Legal battle with X: Centre shows fake ‘Supreme Court of Karnataka’ account in HC

Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta on Friday highlighted the dangers of unchecked online activity by revealing to the Karnataka High Court that a fake, yet verified, X (formerly Twitter) account was successfully created in the name of the “Supreme Court of Karnataka.”

Appearing for the Centre in its ongoing face-off with social media giant X Corp, Mehta presented the account as evidence of how easily digital platforms can be misused to mislead the public.

“We created this account. It is verified. I can now post anything, and lakhs would believe that…