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Around 55,580 websites, YouTube channels, applications, etc. were blocked in India between January 2015 and September 2022, as per a report released by SLFC.in.

If reasons were not recorded in such blocking orders, there would be a possibility of their being manufactured at a later stage, counsel for Twitter argued.

The microblogging site also argued that the law only allows the blocking of a particular tweet, and not an entire account simply because of political criticism unless there was evidence of a repeated offence.

Twitter has moved the Karnataka High Court against the Indian governments content blocking orders on its platform, on the grounds that the content blocking directives from the IT Ministry do not pass "the test of the grounds provided under Section 69A of the IT Act", reliable sources said on Tuesday.

Why the New IT Rules Beg Urgent Judicial Review The new intermediary rules have conferred unbridled powers to the executive, potentially in complete disregard to the constitutionally guaranteed rights of freedom of speech and expression. Facebook and Twitter app icons on a smartphone. Photo: Reuters The Caravan, a leading investigative journalism magazine was withheld. News agency ANI soon reported that around 250 accounts had been withheld by Twitter in India upon request from the Ministry of...

Interview | If You Want to Curb Fake News, Control BJPs IT Cell: Supriya Shrinate on IT Rules The Congress spokesperson said the government should, instead of muzzling dissent with the new IT Rules, attempt to set its own house in order. "What kind of fake news are you going to check when the government hasn’t been able to put its own house in order?" Representative image. Photo: Unsplash Tech01/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The BJP-led Centre recently framed rules to regulate all types of digital ...

In conversation with Mitali Mukherjee, Apar Gupta, executive director at the Internet Freedom Foundation pointed out that the crux of the problem lay in an opaque interpretation of Section 69A.

When Twitter was in the right Updated: Updated: February 15, 2021 01:09 IST In not complying fully with the Indian government’s statutory orders, Twitter has acted with reason Share Article AAA In not complying fully with the Indian government’s statutory orders, Twitter has acted with reason Twitter has not complied fully with the Indian government’s statutory orders under Section 69A of the Information Technology (IT) Act to block hundreds of accounts for allegedly posting messages s...

Farmer Tweets: In Meeting With Top Twitter Officials, IT Secretary Expressed ‘Deep Disappointment’  The governments press release notes that Twitter requested for "better engagement", but is silent about whether the Centre plans on taking action against the social media company for its non-compliance. Photo: Reuters Tech11/Feb/2021 New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government’s standoff with Twitter over the fate of several prominent accounts and tweets continued on Wednesday, with...

While the controversy may fizzle out, it would be welcome if the current tension led to reform and greater transparency.