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Indian Court Rejects X’s Challenge to Modi Government’s Content Removal Rules

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An Indian court has dismissed X’s legal bid to overturn the country’s new content removal system, ruling that the social media platform—owned by Elon Musk—must comply with local laws despite its claims that the mechanism amounted to censorship.

The case centered on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tightened internet regulations introduced in 2023. The rules allow a wider range of government officials to issue takedown orders directly through a centralized government website launched in October.

X had argued the measures were unconstitutional and gave “every Tom, Dick, and Harry” the power to censor speech online. But Justice M. Nagaprasanna of Karnataka’s high court rejected the claim, stating: “Every platform that seeks to operate within the jurisdiction of our nation must accept that liberty is yoked with responsibility.”

The ruling follows months of legal battles between X and government lawyers. India’s government defended the system as a way to combat unlawful online content, misinformation, and material it says spreads hate and division, while ensuring greater accountability for platforms.

Officials also noted that other tech giants, including Meta and Google, support the government’s approach.

X, which has repeatedly clashed with authorities worldwide over compliance demands, now faces the possibility of appealing the decision to India’s Supreme Court.

Microsoft Adds Anthropic AI Models to 365 Copilot, Expanding Beyond OpenAI

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Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it is integrating Anthropic’s AI models into its Copilot assistant, marking a strategic move to diversify beyond its close partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT.

While OpenAI’s models will continue to power Copilot by default, users will now be able to choose Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4.1 for tasks within Copilot’s “Researcher” tool and when building custom agents in Microsoft Copilot Studio.

Starting this week, users who opt in to test Claude will be able to switch seamlessly between OpenAI and Anthropic models in Researcher, said Charles Lamanna, president of Microsoft’s business and industry Copilot division.

The shift underscores Microsoft’s effort to broaden the foundation of its AI services. Until now, Copilot’s advanced features across apps such as Word and Outlook have relied primarily on OpenAI.

Although Microsoft is OpenAI’s largest investor, the company has also been developing its own models and integrating those from other AI firms. Earlier this year, it announced plans to offer models from Elon Musk’s xAI and Meta Platforms, all hosted within its data centers. Models from China’s DeepSeek have also been added to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform.

Anthropic’s Claude models, however, are primarily hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS), a direct competitor to Microsoft Azure, highlighting a rare cross-cloud collaboration.

Meta Launches Real-Time Translation Feature on WhatsApp

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Meta Platforms announced the rollout of a real-time translation feature on WhatsApp, designed to make cross-language conversations easier for its more than 3 billion users worldwide.

The new tool will initially support six languages on Android and 19 on iPhones, with additional languages planned for future updates.

According to Meta, translations happen directly on the user’s device to maintain privacy, ensuring that WhatsApp itself cannot view the content of messages.

To use the feature, users can simply long-press a message and tap “Translate” to view it in another language. The function will work across personal chats, group conversations, and channel updates.

Android users will also have the option to enable automatic translation for entire chat threads, allowing all future messages to be translated by default.