After @DelhiPolice , @GoI_MeitY had come out with a press release trashing @Policy saying that protecting Free speech is the domain and reserve of worlds largest democracy and its robust institutions. A for profit foreign entity should not lecture us on free speech! 
https://twitter.com/ani/status/1397883860025704449
“@Policy statement is an attempt to dictate its terms to the world’s largest democracy. Through its actions and deliberate defiance, Twitter seeks to undermine India’s legal system. Furthermore, Twitter refuses to comply with those very regulations in the Intermediary Guidelines”
The larger Q is, if @Twitter is so committed then why it did not set up such a mechanism in India on its own? @TwitterIndia routinely claim that they have no authority and that they and the people of India need to escalate everything to the Twitter Headquarter in USA.
The purported commitment of Twitter, to its Indian user base, thus not only sounds hollow but completely self-serving. @Twitter has a large user base in India, it earns significant revenue from its Indian operations but hasnt appointed an India based grievance redressal officer
Nor has @Twitter created any mechanism of chief compliance officer and nodal officer to whom its own users can complain, when they are subjected to offensive Tweets.
Twitter a USA based pvt co,in its communique says that it seeks "constructive dialogue", "collaborative approach" from gov of a sovereign democratic republic to "safeguard interests of public". It is time Twitter disabuses itself of this grandiosity & comply with laws of India.
Essentially what @GoI_MeitY has told @Twitter in no uncertain terms is that you can’t have your own cake and eat it too- so better get your act together n be ready to face the consequences of your actions. India will be governed by Govt of India and NOT Govt of Twitter!
https://twitter.com/policy/status/1397818575906250754
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