New Delhi, Nov. 10 -- Delhi Police Crime Branch has registered an FIR against unidentified persons for allegedly misusing the name of Delhi Police and forging the signature of a senior police officer to send fake notices to social media platform X, seeking the blocking of accounts belonging to two organisations.

The notices were allegedly sent to X to block the accounts of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and the Software Freedom Law Centre.

During a hearing before the Delhi High Court on November 6, X informed the court that its internal investigation had found the notices to be fake.

The platform told the court that the notices had been sent by an impersonator fraudulently using the name of Delhi Police.

X also clarified that i...