India, Sept. 25 -- Observing that social media needs to be regulated and as a 'modern amphitheatre of ideas' it cannot be left in a state of 'anarchic freedom', the Karnataka High Court on Wednesday dismissed X Corp's petition against Government's content takedown mechanism under Section 79 of the Information Technology act. Holding that every sovereign nation regulates social media and that India's action likewise, cannot, by any stretch of constitutional imagination, be branded as unlawful, the court said none may presume to treat the Indian marketplace as a mere playground where information can be disseminated in defiance of statutes or disregard to legality.

'Social media needs to be regulated, and its regulation is a must, more so i...