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We ll soon meet in your inbox. Please wait. Options before the government include lodging an FIR (first information report) against the platform under Section 69A (3) of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Section 69A also empowers the government to suspend a platform in national interest and for public order. Over 200 Chinese apps have been blocked under this section last year. Facebook and Google’s YouTube have “proactively” complied with similar requests from the ministry of electronics & IT (MeitY), “with Twitter being the only exception,” according to officials aware of the matter. “There is a serious law and order situation in the country, and with the revelation of the toolkit, it is clear that there is involvement of international syndicates and countries like Pakistan to fuel the tension. Who is Twitter to decide what is free speech?” an official said.

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