Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
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Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#2Note that these tweets are only hidden for anyone in India (not removed from Twitter) since these do not violate Twitter’s terms but are being forced off the platform by a government order. I wish Twitter would put up a better fight on this, but Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook have been on the receiving end of criticism and threats by the central government, and it looks like Twitter chooses its battles to ensure its own survival first. What else can we expect from social networks anyway?
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#3Few of the tweets removed are detailed here
https://www.opindia.com/2021/04/covid-pandemic-hoax-to-shari...
Ps : the usual propaganda site or govt mouthpiece claims are bound to come out now. Read the article and make up your mind
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#4Have there been any other known cases of similar action around the world?
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#5India is actually a democracy. For better or worse, I think India has the right to determine censorship policies for its citizens. Foreign Western corporations deciding that they know better than the Indian government and using their platform to spread dissent against the elected government is not a good look for a Western corporation given the history of British East India company.
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#6Have there been any other known cases of similar action around the world?
Banning certain tweets related to the Hunter Biden scandal.
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#7India is actually a democracy. For better or worse, I think India has the right to determine censorship policies for its citizens. Foreign Western corporations deciding that they know better than the Indian government and using their platform to spread dissent against the elected government is not a good look for a Western corporation given the history of British East India company.
How is it possible to have a democracy while censoring what your citizens can see?
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#8India is actually a democracy. For better or worse, I think India has the right to determine censorship policies for its citizens. Foreign Western corporations deciding that they know better than the Indian government and using their platform to spread dissent against the elected government is not a good look for a Western corporation given the history of British East India company.
Wow what a load of crap. So a democracy in your mind can do anything they want because reasons and oh let's bring up the ugly west and colonial times too for good measure...
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#9India is actually a democracy. For better or worse, I think India has the right to determine censorship policies for its citizens. Foreign Western corporations deciding that they know better than the Indian government and using their platform to spread dissent against the elected government is not a good look for a Western corporation given the history of British East India company.
Yeah I think "democracy" means the exact opposite of what you've said there. The people have asked for free speech, not censorship.
And dragging the British East India Company into every argument about India sheds more light into the inadequacy of us Indians to move past it. We're supposed to be healing ourselves by constructively criticizing our behavior towards others and ourselves...not by endlessly blaming the past for our current actions.
Disclaimer: I am Indian.
Re: Twitter is blocking tweets that criticize the Indian government
#10India is actually a democracy. For better or worse, I think India has the right to determine censorship policies for its citizens. Foreign Western corporations deciding that they know better than the Indian government and using their platform to spread dissent against the elected government is not a good look for a Western corporation given the history of British East India company.
Allowing governments to engage in anti-democratic behaviour is not a good look for any company that wants to “serve the public conversation”.