Outrage as Twitter deletes tweets critical of Indiaâs Covid approach
By Chelsea Lotz
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Cape Town â Twitter has been slammed for withholding hundreds of tweets critical of the Covid-19 crisis.
According to senators and human rights campaigners, the suspension of scores of tweets deemed critical of the Indian government's treatment of the coronavirus pandemic endangers people's health and stifles dissent, reported the Guardian.
Lumen from Harvard University, a website that maintains track of global government orders around online content, says that the Indian government has sent an emergency order to censor the tweets.
The tweets were blocked in India following a legal request from New Delhi, months after similar action was taken in response to criticism of the government's new agriculture rules, which triggered violent protests.