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Highly misleading title, this was not a raid, they issued a notice as they were putting "manipulated media" tags on well known politicians, it was seen as Twitter directly attempting to shut down democracy in India
How many police are required to deliver a letter? Why not mail it or email it? How about using attorneys?
I'd expect india is similar.
In related news Russia plans to force tech giants to open offices on its soil specifically to raid them: https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/05/21/russia-moves-to-fo...
The ruling party released a fake document, suggesting that the opposition is engaging in subversive activities. It was fact checked by various independent agencies and found to be a fake document. Twitter added a "manipulated media" label to those tweets. Delhi police, which is directly controlled by the Indian government raided the office of Twitter. It is not done with the intention of finding anything. It is to ha…
I have followed this building up on Twitter and as someone not intimately familiar with this. > The ruling party released a fake document It very well might be(not that I know about this), but how did Twitter figure this out? As far as I understand, there has been accusations from both sides without proof. I will be really scared if Twitter is taking a stand based on their judgement of what might have happened. Alrea…
>Delhi Police raids Twitter offices over manipulated label
>Police in India visited Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ label
Title does not match article. >Delhi Police raids Twitter offices over manipulated label >Police in India visited Twitter offices over ‘manipulated media’ label
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How many police are required to deliver a letter? Why not mail it or email it? How about using attorneys?
In the United States legal notice MUST be delivered in person. It cannot be done over mail or email. I'd expect india is similar.
Per the article, the police visited the office to deliver a legal notice, not to investigate the office. In the United States legal notice MUST be delivered in person. It cannot be done over mail or email. I'd expect India is similar.
There is a saying in India "उल्टा चोर कोतवाल को डांटे", i.e. "a thief accusing the sentry". There are very few(handful) media houses in India that stand against current Central Govt. politics in India. If Govt. of India doesn't like Twitter policies, it's free to block it or create it's own propaganda machine.
media organizations can do this too, and it would be welcomed to have more journalists in that particular space.
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I have followed this building up on Twitter and as someone not intimately familiar with this. > The ruling party released a fake document It very well might be(not that I know about this), but how did Twitter figure this out? As far as I understand, there has been accusations from both sides without proof. I will be really scared if Twitter is taking a stand based on their judgement of what might have happened. Alrea…
>> The ruling party released a fake document > It very well might be(not that I know about this), but how did Twitter figure this out? As far as I understand, there has been accusations from both sides without proof. The article answers your question: A prominent fact-checking organization examined the document. You can then question the fact-checking organization, and eventually nobody can say anything. Should gover…
> You can then question the fact-checking organization, and eventually nobody can say anything.
If I am a citizen of the said country, is a private fact checking organisation answerable to me?
I am not saying they are lying, but what are the checks and balances on them.
> Should government be the arbiter of truth? About it's own political candidates?
Elected governments shouldn't be, but isn't this why other arms of the government exist, like judiciary. You might question judidicary as well but at least on some level they are bound by their constitutional duties and have to follow the law of the land.
My worry is, in a lot of places in the world, the more we delegate this trust to private entities, th more powerful we make them. They aren't answerable to people of those countries.