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.
and, so, given social media s 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. raman, in
scroll and ramanjit singh chima, asia policy director at the digital rights organisation access now. raman, in a previousjob you worked for google in delhi as their government affairs manager. i wonder what it was like interacting with the government. thanks, ros. i d say that what one has to keep in mind, if you re working for a tech or a social media platform in india, that it s a very active job involving quite a few requests and tensions around content removal, as well as user data. and if you see the public disclosures from tech platforms, this is a matter of public record. india tops many of those lists. and, in fact, what s been most concerning is ever since i moved out of working for a private company and work for a civil society organisation, the numbers have increased massively. india now is number one and number two in many of the transparency reports published by facebook and meta, by google, by twitter. and what you ve seen since then, in fact, is a more concerning sort of
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 a legal 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.
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