By Sankalp Phartiyal and Aditya Kalra Twitter Inc’s refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a.
Twitter s refusal to comply with a government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.
Twitter Inc’s refusal to comply with an Indian government directive to block more than 250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at the centre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.
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Published: 06 Feb 2021 04:49 PM BdST
Updated: 06 Feb 2021 04:49 PM BdST The Twitter App loads on an iPhone in this illustration photograph taken in Los Angeles, California, US, Jul 22, 2019. REUTERS
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Government officials, business people and ordinary netizens are split over free speech and the US company s compliance practices, in a controversy that comes soon after Twitter s top lobbyist in India resigned.
The showdown, after the firm this week declined to abide (by) and obey the order to remove posts and accounts that the government said risked inciting violence, is the latest instance of worsening relationships between Prime Minister Narendra Modi s administration and US social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp.
Read more about Playing with fire : Twitter s India snub sparks debate on free speech on Business Standard. Free speech activists say the government should not attempt to use legal provisions to muzzle freedom of expression