Twitter has lost liability protection in India, government says

Post by selimthegrim » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 2:18 PM UTC

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/06/why-indian-courts-shou...

The internet is an oversized megaphone. A couple of 1000 dedicated workers can spread rumours, panic and propaganda. When you have a country of 1.3 billion people, a large portion of whom also have smartphones, who, unfortunately are also uneducated and gullible, you have the perfect environment to cause trouble. Apps like WA and Telegram, enable this megaphone to reach every nook and corner of the country. If tomorr…

Post by potamic » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

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I don't know if many people realize, but this is a pivotal moment for freedom of speech in India. The archaic IT act and National Security Act are already being severely abused to arrest journalists and activists, and the new 2021 rules take this to a completely new level. What they are essentially going for is unrestricted authority on content takedown and traceability of originator of content which will force compa…

>Today, saying that cow dung does not cure covid, can land you in jail because it goes against the government's narrative. I overall agree with the point that many indian authorities have been using laws to punish dissent, but that is a little disingenuous. The specific context in that case was that those comments were made about the death of a BJP leader. So, those people were jailed for mocking the death of a polit…

Post by rishav_sharan » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 2:32 PM UTC

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>> The move comes as tension escalates between the Indian government and Twitter. Google, Facebook, and several other firms have partially or fully complied with the IT rules, which among other things, requires any significant social media firm (any firm with over 5 million users in India) to appoint a chief compliant officer, a resident grievance officer, and a so-called nodal contact person to address on-ground con…

Post by alex_smart » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 2:33 PM UTC

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>Most people are just repeating something they've heard, and couldn't analyze the merits of a claim if they wanted to. This is something I have thought about a bit over last several years. A lot of people I trust to have good intentions seem to regularly indulge in untruths or exaggerations to rile up support for their cause. One particular example that comes to mind is how pretty much all liberal voices (including n…

Never heard of it before, but just googled it and it looks like it introduced a new exemption for children to work for their families: https://thediplomat.com/2016/08/indias-new-child-labor-law-b...

Post by ridiculous_lol » Tue, Jul 06, 2021, 2:42 PM UTC

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To characterize appointment of a legal compliance officer as "staffing requirements" is wrong. It makes it seem like India is forcing Twitter to hire local people. If you are a global MNC with multi billion dollar valuation, and want to operate in a market that has a billion potential users, it is only fair that the company has a local presence.

> If you are a global MNC with multi billion dollar valuation, What if you're none of those? Is it still fair to require a local presence for every single site / app / network to have access to a population?