Imagine where Jack Dorsey's ego is after slaying Trump. You think he will comply with our laws?

My naïve view is that India should suspend Twitter operations immediately (by direct/indirect means) & then let Twitter negotiate

Landing a punch on the bully first is important
Out of all the tech giants, Twitter is the least important to the people of India. Smallest user base and almost zero commercial implications

Just shut them down and tell them "We are busy now, check for an appointment in October"
Mumbai ka Joe Rogan is wrong. You do slow and steady for problems like China. For Twitter, you do fast and arbitrary

"Building a case" is futile when India's courts are less predictable than a Bay of Bengal cyclone's path

Great statements from both the IB Ministry as well as Delhi Police

But we are a country of 1.2b and should not be seen to get trapped in long back and forth with some foreign private company

Shut down and let Jack explain his Q3 and Q4 figures to his Board
Like going on a vacation with your in-laws, avoiding a fight with Big Tech is impossible. It has to be happen one day

The more you delay, the more difficult it gets

Punch early, punch hard
Shutting down a business is the core competence of the Indian government machinery- a skill honed and sharpened over decades

The whole "preparing legal justification" story is trying to achieve goals without things getting dirty. But important to make an example of Twitter fast

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