reach and twitter�*s small size but outsized influence in the country, it has frequently become a target, and social media companies have frequently become a target of this government. well, rishi, you're talking about twitter. twitter has confirmed to the bbc that it has blocked 50 tweets based on a request by india's ministry of information and broadcasting. a youtube spokesperson said the video had been blocked from appearing by the bbc, due to a copyright claim, and a bbc spokesperson says, "as is standard practice, "we follow procedure to have illegal uploads of any bbc content removed." that doesn't necessarily, though, contradict that statement from a government adviser that the government has also requested certain clips are removed from youtube. rishi, you're staying with us. let's bring in supriya sharma, editor of the indian news website scroll and ramanjit singh chima, asia policy director at the digital rights organisation access now.