India, Nov. 6 -- Social media platform X has told the Delhi High Court that takedown notices purportedly issued by the Delhi Police against digital rights organisations Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) and Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC.in) were fake.

According to a post by IFF today, X said an internal investigation found the purported police communications to be fake and that it had filed a complaint with law enforcement authorities. X's counsel told the court that an imposter had submitted the requests in the Delhi Police's name.

"X stated that it is not likely to take any action at this stage," IFF's post added.

The court recorded X's statement and disposed of the organisations' petitions, granting them liberty to approach it a...