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New Delhi:
Twitter has deleted a number of tweets flagged by the centre as spreading fake news about the Covid pandemic, sources have said.
According to a report by technology policy news platform MediaNama, the censored messages include posts by Congress Lok Sabha MP Revanth Reddy, Bengal minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh and two filmmakers - Vinod Kapri and Avinash Das.
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed the deletion of tweets and said, action has been taken in response to a legal request from the Government of India .