Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Highlights Dangers of Fake Verified Accounts in Karnataka High Court Amid Face-Off with X Corp

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…