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Not aligned with US view: WH on India's Twitter order Not aligned with US view: WH on India's Twitter order Last Updated: Tue, Apr 27th, 2021, 10:21:35hrs New Delhi: Days after Twitter and other social media platforms removed content related to the COVID-19 pandemic in India following a government order, the White House said the move was not aligned with America's view of freedom of speech around the world. Twitter and other social media platforms have taken down around 100 posts and URLs after the government asked them to remove content that was critical of the handling of the current medica...

It’s Not Just About 50 Tweets and One Platform This new normal involves hoping technology companies and digital platforms will be transparent, even as we criticize them for not confronting executive overreach. Photo: Reuters/Illustration by The Wire Tech1 hour ago As SOS calls and sobering visuals of the plight of COVID-19 patients and their caregivers inundate social media platforms and messaging apps, spending time on them is equivalent to flitting between heart-wrenching tales of hardship and brief flashes of hope where a network of volunteers has succeeding in helping someone. And y...

Read more about Govt's takedown request to Twitter remains a talk point through weekend on Business Standard. While Medianama reported that Twitter complied with govt requests and censored 52 tweets, the posts have been withheld in India only

India Asks Twitter to Block Posts Critical of Virus Handling Bloomberg 3 hrs ago Suvashree Ghosh © Bloomberg A healthcare worker pushes a trolley for transporting oxygen tanks outside a temporary hospital for Covid-19 patients at a stadium in New Delhi, India, on Friday, April 23, 2021. Bodies piling up at crematoriums and burial grounds across India are sparking concerns that the death toll from a ferocious new Covid-19 wave may be much higher than official records, underplaying the scale of a resurgence that is overwhelming the country's medical system. (Bloomberg) -- T...

Twitter censors tweets critical of India's COVID response dw.com 2 hrs ago © Provided by dw.com A body of a COVID victim is prepared for cremation in Delhi Twitter on Saturday said it took down dozens of tweets in India that were critical of the Indian government's recent pandemic response, as a second wave of COVID infections continues to bring the country's healthcare system to its knees. Over 20 tweets, some from local lawmakers, were reportedly withheld from public view in India in response to a notice by the central government to the social media giant. The government made the requ...