Fake copyright strikes used to extort from Instagram creators, alleges petition before Delhi HC

Organised syndicates are filing fabricated copyright complaints against Instagram creators to trigger automated account suspensions, then demanding lakhs of rupees to withdraw them. Digital content creator Nitin Joshi makes that allegation in a public interest litigation before the Delhi High Court. Justice Tejas Karia recused himself from hearing the petition on Wednesday, and Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya directed that it go before a bench Karia is not part of, Bar and Bench reported