and what he cited was emergency powers that give the government the ability to order the take—down of anything that threatens the sovereignty, national security of india or friendly relations with foreign countries. that's something that critics have said is kind of an over—broad definition and set of parameters that may allow the government to go after and take down online content it doesn't like. and does the government use this law frequently on media content that perhaps it doesn't approve of? increasingly so, yes. this is not the first time that the modi government has clashed with with twitter, in particular, and with social media companies more broadly.