Hyderabad, April 24 -- Amnesty India come in support of the social media news handle TeluguScribe, against which the Telangana Police's Intelligence Wing has written to X Corp seeking information on its account registration, usage logs and activity details.

In its post on X on Friday, April 24, Amnesty India stated, "Using an anti-terror law like UAPA to seek account details of a social media handle @TeluguScribe, which has been critical of the government, sets a dangerous precedent. This is not law enforcement; it's legal overreach with a chilling effect on dissents."

Amnesty India said that even if the government found the content on the X handle offensive, anti-terror frameworks were not the answer.

"Even under UAPA's overbroad defi...