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Twitter Says It Won’t Block Journalists, Activists, And Politicians In India To Protect Free Speech
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The government has reportedly ordered the company to take down access to nearly 1,200 additional accounts.
Twitter Unblocked Accounts That Criticized India’s Government. Now, Its Employees Are Being Threatened With Jail Time Unless It Blocks Them Again.
The social media company is refusing an order to take down accounts the government wants gone.
Twitter Temporarily Blocked Accounts Critical Of The Indian Government
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Twitter Unblocked Accounts That Criticized India’s Government. Now, Its Employees Are Being Threatened With Jail Time Unless It Blocks Them Again.
The social media company is refusing an order to take down accounts the government wants gone.
India Has Its Own Alternative To Twitter. It's Filled With Hate.
Embraced by India's right-wing government, Koo has given a platform to anti-Muslim hostility.
Twitter Temporarily Blocked Accounts Critical Of The Indian Government
The government order to block included a movie star, a political commentator, and a prominent magazine. Their accounts have all been restored.
Twitter Says It Won’t Block Journalists, Activists, And Politicians In India To Protect Free Speech
Defying the Indian government could put Twitter officials in jail. But not doing so would mean enabling a crackdown against free speech.
“The Tweets Must Continue To Flow,” Twitter Says Amid Standoff With India
The government has reportedly ordered the company to take down access to nearly 1,200 additional accounts.
No Email. No WhatsApp. No Internet. This Is Now Normal Life In Kashmir.
Normal life has ground to a halt in the region as businesses lay off workers, hospitals struggle to care for patients, and ordinary people despair.
Violent Protests Erupted In India. Then Calls For Police To Shoot The Protesters Went Viral On Twitter.
Twitter did not take “Shoot” off its trending topics for at least a couple of hours — after there was public outcry and after BuzzFeed News emailed asking for comment.
People Are Really Mad About Facebook's Changes To WhatsApp's Privacy Policies
And they are moving to Signal and Telegram as a result.
WhatsApp Fueled A Global Misinformation Crisis. Now, It’s Stuck In One.
A new privacy policy will be delayed three months after people were confused about what it would mean.
Here’s How People In India Are Manipulating Twitter Trends To Spread Political Propaganda
A BuzzFeed News analysis found that at least 10 political hashtags that appeared in the top 10 in Twitter’s trends column in India during the last two months were the result of organized campaigns.