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India Orders Suppression of Critical Social Media Posts Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
As a devastating second wave of COVID-19 spreads through India, the Narendra Modi government announced on Sunday that it had ordered Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter to remove roughly 100 social media posts critical of its response to the pandemic. All three platforms have complied with the order. Among the posts removed include calls for Prime Minister Modi to resign as well as criticism from opposition politicians. For example, one from Member of Parliament Revanth Reddy referred to the outbreak as a “disaster,” mentioning “Shortage of vaccines, shortage of medicines, increasing
Will be contempt of court: SC says there should be no clampdown on Covid info on social media
Will be contempt of court: SC says there should be no clampdown on Covid info on social media
During the Supreme Court hearing on Covid situation across the country, Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday said that if citizens are voicing concerns and grievances on social media, there cannot be any clampdown on them.
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UPDATED: April 30, 2021 18:30 IST
Supreme Court says clamp down on Covid-19 information will be treated as contempt of court. (PTI)
During the Supreme Court hearing on Covid situation across the country, Justice DY Chandrachud on Friday said that if citizens are voicing concerns and grievances on social media, there cannot be any clampdown on them.
Facebook that had blocked posts tagging #ResignModi, restored them. The social media giant said that it barred the hashtag by mistake and not on the behest of the government
After advanced search feature, Twitter rolls out fact pages, SOS lists to look for Covid resources
Twitter notes that the SOS resources page will surface information from those offering or seeking immediate help. Users looking for access to hospital beds, oxygen, and food can visit this page which gets updated in real-time as people put out their emergency Tweets.
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HIGHLIGHTS
As people turn to Twitter to seek help and post information, the micro-blogging site has now also rolled out more tools like SOS lists, prompts, fact pages and a live page.
Twitter notes that the SOS resources page will surface information from those offering or seeking immediate help.
Government says ordered takedown of fake Covid-19 posts only, not the ones criticising us
The Indian government has ordered Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to remove over 100 posts and URLs in a fresh order.
Shubham Verma | April 26, 2021 | Updated 13:39 IST
Highlights
The previous Twitter takedown was not meant for posts critical of the government.
The government has ordered Twitter, Facebook, YouTube to take down over 100 posts and URLs.
Last week, the Indian government ordered Twitter to remove posts that were critical of its handling of the Covid-19 crisis. Twitter hid as many as 50 tweets from public viewing in India, informing users about the action that was taken to comply with India s IT Act, on the government s directive. A large chunk of these posts criticised how the Modi government is tackling the outbreak. The IT Ministry has now clarified that it ordered the takedown of only those posts that were found spreading misinformation around Covid-19.