Motorola Sues Social Media Platforms and Creators in India (techcrunch.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/19/1457207/motorola-sues-social-media-platforms-and-creators-in-india
- Source link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/motorola-sues-social-platforms-and-creators-over-posts-raising-speech-concerns-in-india/
> The lawsuit, filed in a Bengaluru court and obtained by TechCrunch, names platforms such as X, YouTube, and Instagram along with dozens of content creators, and seeks takedown of the content as well as broader restraint on what it describes as false or defamatory material related to the company's devices. In its over 60-page filing, Motorola has sought a permanent injunction restraining the defendants from publishing or sharing what it describes as false or defamatory content about its products, including reviews, videos, comments, and boycott campaigns.
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> The complaint cites hundreds of posts across platforms, including videos alleging device issues and phones catching fire. But it is also targeting unfavorable product reviews and user commentary that the company alleges are false or defamatory. In a statement after publication, a Motorola spokesperson said it had initiated legal action "in the interest of public safety" against what it described as demonstrably false claims that its devices had exploded or caught fire.
One online creator told TechCrunch "they expect more such legal action in the future, as evolving rules around online content increase liability for creators and platforms — a trend reflected in [2]recently proposed changes to India's IT rules aimed at tightening oversight of online content."
A Motorola spokesperson "said the company did not seek to suppress legitimate reviews or criticism and was reviewing the scope of the proceedings, adding that it apologized to creators affected inadvertently."
[1] https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/15/motorola-sues-social-platforms-and-creators-over-posts-raising-speech-concerns-in-india/
[2] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ce9mx2j3xlxo
right (Score:1)
> A Motorola spokesperson "said the company did not seek to suppress legitimate reviews or criticism and was reviewing the scope of the proceedings, adding that it apologized to creators affected inadvertently."
No, you just waited until the month it was legal to suppress legitimate reviews in India, and accidentally sued only in India and no other country, you know all the ones that didn't just make this legal.
All a super coincidence after another after another.
Oh and it's the same oppression that's happened countless of times in the past just like this?
Yup they made it decades through life never hearing of a single one of them.
All an accident.
Well, as I don't live in India I'm free to say, hey Moto maybe if you m
The beginning of the end (Score:3)
When your company is already on shaky grounds, you can always count on your legal team to deliver the coup de grâce.
probably backlash (Score:1)
Motorola is going to sell a smartphone with GrapheneOS that will take google's digital umbilical cord out of your phone so the google fanboys in India organized a shitposting campaign.
I will buy one as ASAP when they are released
proof? (Score:3)
How does Motorola know that the claims of exploding phones are false? I personally knew someone in the U.S. with a Motorola phone that inexplicably caught fire.Since there are a Billion possible customers in that market, it's possible that the numbers of faulty phones could be much higher.
Just to add some context (Score:1)
The Motorola that is being discussed here is a subsidiary of Lenovo.
Motorola should thank the Streisand effect (Score:3)
I didn't know the company still existed. I vaguely remember vultures selling off pieces.
Should I do an AI-polluted search to find out whatever happened to Nokia?
Re: Motorola should thank the Streisand effect (Score:2)
I remember Motorola when they sold commercial and public service two-way radios for cars & trucks, I guess they still do I have not kept up on that end
Re: (Score:3)
Some brief history (from memory, not AI, so a few facts may be wrong here and there):
Motorola was founded in 1928 as Galvin Manufacturing Co. After creating the first commercial car radio in 1930 (the "Motor Victrola", or "Motorola") they renamed the company. It has a long history of creating new businesses and then either spinning them off or selling them outright to other companies (usually right before they become low margin / commodity). Televisions, pagers, semiconductors, etc.
The handset (and cable mo