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The Centre has, however, rubbished the charges, saying Dorsey's Twitter regime had a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law.
Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claim that India threatened to 'shut down offices' in the country and raided employees' homes after the platform refused to restrict accounts covering farmers' protests and those critical of the government has sparked controversy.
Union Information and Technology Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday rubbished former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's claim that the social media platform came under pressure from the Indian government during the farmers' protest.
Reacting to Dorsey who alleged in an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government's demands to block accounts during the farmers' protests in early 2021, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that no one went to jail nor was Twitter shut down in the country.
Reacting to Dorsey who alleged in an interview with YouTube channel Breaking Points that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government's demands to block accounts during the farmers' protests in early 2021, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, said that no one went to jail nor was Twitter shut down in the country.