The technological age has produced digital platforms, not like the railway platforms where trains were regulated on arrival and departure. These digital platforms can be imminently uncontrollable at times and carry their own challenges. One form of digital platforms are the intermediaries that claim to be providing a platform for exchange of ideas without any contribution of their own. The power and potentiality of these intermediaries is vast, running across borders. These are multinational corporations with large wealth and influence at their command. By the very reason of the platform they provide, their influence extends over populations across borders. Facebook is one such corporation. It is difficult to accept the simplistic approach adopted by Facebook, that it is merely a platform posting third party information and has no role in generating, controlling or modulating that information. Facebook has the power of not simply a hand but a fist, gloved as it may be.

– Hon’ble Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Ajit Mohan v. Legislative Assembly, NCT, [Writ Petition (Civil) No. 1088 of 2020] decided on 08.07.2021.

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It is noteworthy, Telegram permits large-scale addition of users to channels and groups. The platform architecture of Telegram is conducive to amplification and mass dissemination of content, enabling information to reach a substantial number of users within a short span of time.

– Hon’ble Justice Tejas Karia of Hon’ble High Court of Delhi, Telegram FC LLC v. Union of India, [Writ Petition (Civil) 8259 of 2026] decided on 19.06.2026.