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Journalist โโThere were comments made against Modi during protest
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The Delhi Police's takedown drive against posts critical of the Prime Minister is unconstitutional.
New Delhi, 27 July 2026
Media reports today state that the Delhi Police has directed social media platforms to remove posts, videos, memes and reels containing remarks it describes as "abusive", "offensive" and "objectionable" towards the Prime Minister, uploaded during the student protests at Jantar Mantar and after the 'Sansad Chalo' march of 20 July 2026. At least three platforms have reportedly received notices. Several posts have already been taken down. A dedicated police team is monitoring social media to identify further content, and reports indicate that criminal proceedings are contemplated against those who posted it. No order has been published. While reports indicate the notices invoke the Information Technology Act, the specific provision relied upon and the text of the notices remain undisclosed.
The Internet Freedom Foundation condemns this takedown drive and calls for the notices to be disclosed and withdrawn.
On the reports available, the content being removed is political expression. The movement at Jantar Mantar has been conducted as much through reels, memes, posters and digital artwork as through assembly on the ground. This is how a digital native generation raised online speaks about accountability. As per Article 19(2) restrictions on speech only on eight specified grounds. Offensiveness is not one of them. In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the IT Act precisely because expressions such as "grossly offensive" and causing "annoyance" were vague, subjective, and swept protected speech within their net. Eleven years later, the Delhi Police is applying the same standard through informal notices and legal powers which are not being publicly disclosed.
As per existing practices there are two routes for removing online content. The first is Section 69A of the IT Act read with the Blocking Rules, 2009, which requires a reasoned order, committee review, and notice to the originator, as the Delhi High Court affirmed in Tanul Thakur v. Union of India (2022). The second is Section 79(3)(b), which Shreya Singhal read down to require a court order or a government notification strictly confined to Article 19(2) grounds. If these notices were routed through the Sahyog Portal, they rest on a regime whose constitutionality remains under challenge before multiple High Courts. However, even if it is used police notices citing offensiveness satisfy neither.
Reports that platforms were told the content violates "their policies" make the defect worse, the police have no mandate to enforce the community guidelines of private companies. Unpublished directions are also contrary to Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637, which requires that orders restricting fundamental rights be published so that they can be challenged. If the underlying theory is defamation of the Prime Minister, the police have no role at all. Defamation under Section 356 of the BNS is a non-cognizable offence, prosecuted only on a complaint by the person aggrieved under Section 222 of the BNSS.
Our demands
1. The Delhi Police must publish every notice issued, the legal provision invoked, and the list of URLs affected.
2. Notices directed at satire, criticism, and political commentary must be withdrawn. Any removal must follow the procedures under Section 69A or a judicial order.
3. No criminal proceedings should be initiated against persons for speech that does not meet the constitutional threshold of incitement.
4. Platforms must decline requests unsupported by valid legal orders, notify affected users, and disclose the number of government demands in their transparency reports.
Students who question an examination system are exercising their fundamental rights and deleting their posts will not delete their questions.
Reports referred to:
1. Times of India, "Delhi Police orders removal of offensive posts against PM Narendra Modi linked to NEET paper leak protests", 27 July 2026
2. News18, "Delhi Police Issues Notices To Social Media Platforms Over Offensive Posts Against PM Modi During Jantar Mantar Protest", 27 July 2026
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