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By Prateek Waghre On 28th April, reports emerged that Facebook was ‘temporarily hiding’ posts using the hashtag ‘ResignModi’ because ‘some content’ in those posts went against their Community Standards. This seemed like a rather fitting development in a week where the future of free speech and dissent in India had already managed to capture international attention. MEITY had ordered Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube to remove/withhold 100-odd posts critical of how the Union government is handling COVID-19’s second wave. While Twitter did disclose (as reported by Medianama...

But Modi’s government is suppressing the effort in an attempt to cover up its failure to prevent the crisis. By Ruhi Bhasin Death, sickness, and

BENGALURU: Days after Twitter was asked by the government to remove content criticising the handling of the pandemic in India, the company said in the event of receiving additional request to withhold content from the government, it’ll continue to engage openly and constructively keeping alive the spirit of public conversation during a crisis. “We will also continue to proactively communicate to any affected account and also publish every individual request we receive from the government to the Lumen Database — a level of transparency that is unique in the industry,” Twitter said on ...

Twitter COVID-19 SOS In the midst of a raging COVID-19 pandemic, microblogging site Twitter has rolled out a dedicated page for helping Indian citizens to battle the disease. Called the COVID-19 SOS page, this page will share and provide all kinds of useful and verified information about resources to help COVID patients at this time of emergency. Additionally, there’s also a COVID-19 vaccine prompt to help with the vaccination drive. Also Read - iQOO 7 series pre-orders begin tomorrow: Offers, price and more The COVID-19 SOS page is currently live on Twitter and users can check it out via t...

https://www.afinalwarning.com/514880.html (Natural News) Lawmakers and human rights activists in India on Monday, April 26, slammed Twitter’s decision to remove dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government’s handling of the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Twitter, which has about 17.5 million users in India, removed 52 tweets after a legal request by the Indian government on Friday, April 23. These included tweets from a sitting member of India’s Parliament, two filmmakers, an actor and a West Bengal state minister. Twitter says it notified the account owners...