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Apr 16 • 5 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Twitter is once again embroiled in a free-speech debate over repressing #Indian voices on the global platform.
Last week, Twitter withheld tweets by an Indian journalist Saurav Das, dating back to November 2022. These tweets were blocked worldwide “in response to a legal demand,”… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
@OfficialSauravD does not remember the exact context of the tweet, according to a report in the daily newspaper The Hindu. Twitter did not inform him about the action, he added.

Dissatisfied with a sketchy response to his right to information (RTI) plea seeking reasons, he is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
India, home to the world’s second-largest internet population, is a key overseas market for Twitter and many other US technology firms, all of which are eager to comply with government demands so that they can remain in the country.

Twitter has frequently suspended accounts and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
On Apr. 12, in an interview with the BBC, Musk admitted that Twitter often censors content in India to comply with the country’s “extremely strict” social media rules.
#MotherOfDemocracy being molested by Gujarat’s father of fascism in a #G20India year, by India’s arm-twisting of social media platforms

Under @elonmusk, Twitter has increasingly complied with the Indian government’s requests to block content.

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The changes to textbooks were prescribed by the National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT), a state-run body under the federal education ministry

1. Muslim rulers erased from textbooks

2. Gandhi’s killing, Gujarat riots details edited

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Muslim rulers erased from textbooks

Evolution is not the only glaring omission in the textbooks, introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government that has ruled India since 2014.

Modi’s BJP and its ideological mentor, the far-right Rashtriya Swayamsevak… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… Image
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In an interview that could cause political earthquakes in the Modi government, the Bharatiya Janata Party and in Jammu and Kashmir, Satya Pal Malik, the last governor of J&K before it was divided and reduced to Union territory status, says “Mein safely keh sakta hoon Prime… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Malik also said that all the appointments granted by President… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Her metamorphosis—like others—from an obscure Islamophobe to public speaker was enabled by years of virtually unchecked hate speech on social… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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With no roots in India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) or its ideological fount, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and no known history of involvement with the Hindu right, Shingala has risen to Hindutva stardom… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Gandhi, the descendant of three former Indian prime ministers, was convicted of criminal defamation last month and given a suspended two-year prison sentence that he is now appealing against, prompting parliament to disqualify him as an MP.

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