Twitter Agrees To Block Tweets Critical Of India's Government's COVID-19 Response

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/india-twitter-covid-surge-cremations_n_6084cfa3e4b02e74d21a6ef2

As India reels from a massive surge in cases of COVID-19 that’s crippling the nation, Twitter has agreed to block tweets critical of the government’s handing of the pandemic, Buzzfeed reported Saturday.

The government on Thursday ordered Twitter to block 52 critical tweets, and Twitter complied, according to Buzzfeed. Blocked posts reportedly included those from a state minister, an opposition member of the Indian Parliament, filmmakers, an actor, two journalists and other citizens.

This is one of the tweets that have been blocked in India:

Twitter on Saturday published information about the order to the Lumen database, a Harvard University project that keeps track of government takedown notices. It was first reported by Indian website Medianama.

A Twitter statement to Medianama was unclear about why the company blocked the tweets. It said only that when the company receives a “valid legal request, we review it under both the Twitter Rules and local law,” and may block tweets for either reason. It did not clarify whether or not the tweets were somehow illegal, or how they may have violated Twitter rules.

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[RockRaven]

1. Twitter, Facebook, Google/Alphabet -- they will do anything to preserve their revenue.

No matter the cost in lost lives, suffering, or moral depravity.