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Twitter Lists Action Taken After Indias Notice, Underlines Free Speech Twitter Lists Action Taken After Indias Notice, Underlines Free Speech The blog noted that the values that underpin the Open Internet and free expression "are increasingly under threat around the world". The government had asked Twitter to remove 1,178 listed handles. New Delhi: Twitter, ordered by the government to block 1,178 accounts for allegedly spreading misinformation on the farmer protests and provocative conten...

Safety of our employees is a top priority, Twitter had said in a statement

India News: Twitter on Wednesday said it has withheld some of the accounts flagged by the Indian government for blocking "within India only", but has not blocked

Wont Block Activists, Journalists and Politicians in India: Twitter Earlier the Centre asked Twitter to take action against some Twitter handles as they were "inciting genocide", while some action was taken but others were restored.   |  10 Feb 2021 10:52 AM GMT NEW DELHI: Microblogging site- Twitter aid in a blog post that it wont block the accounts of politicians, journalists and activists in India. It is to be mentioned that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)...

India News: NEW DELHI: The microblogging site Twitter on Thursday came out with a detailed explanation about the suspension of account that it enforced in India.

Mon, Feb 8th 2021 3:36pm — Mike Masnick As weve been noting in posts throughout the day, today is the day that, 25 years ago, then President Bill Clinton signed into law the Telecommunications Act of 1996. That large telco bill included, among many other things, the Communications Decency Act, a dangerous censorial bill written by Senator James Exon. However, buried in the CDA was a separate bill, written by now Senator Ron Wyden and then Representative Chris Cox, the Internet Freedom and Fam...

SINGAPORE, Feb 6 (Reuters): The new military rulers of Myanmar on Friday ordered mobile operators and internet service providers to block access to Twitter and Instagram in the country until further notice, Norwegian telecom Telenor said. The government had already ordered internet providers on Thursday to block Facebook, which counts half of the population of 54 million as users, until Feb. 7. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology did not immediately answer ...

Myanmar’s new military-led government has blocked Instagram and Twitter in the country in an attempt to squash citizen resistance to the coup it

Twitters India policy head, Mahima Kaul, to step down; will transition in March SECTIONS Share Synopsis This comes as the San-Francisco based firm is at the receiving end of the Indian government over an issue of blocking and unblocking certain handles tweeting about farmer protests. Sources said that the executive -- who continues to lead the conversations with the government -- Mahima Kauls stepping down is not related to the recent controversy. NEW DELHI: Twitters Public Policy Director for ...