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Govt asks Twitter to block some tweets critical of its Covid handling, Twitter complies partially
Govt asks Twitter to block some tweets critical of its Covid handling, Twitter complies partially
After the central government sent a notice to Twitter asking that action be taken against tweets talking about the government s handling of Covid, Twitter has blocked several of them.
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UPDATED: April 25, 2021 00:47 IST
The government has asked Twitter to block tweets criticising its handling of Covid-19. (Photo: File image for representation)
Twitter has blocked several tweets made by some popular handles, including handles belonging to Member of Parliament Revanth Reddy, West Bengal Minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh, and filmmakers Vinod Kapri and Avinash Das, after the central government sent a notice to the company saying that these tweets were not in compliance with India s IT law.
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The logo of the social networking website Twitter, displayed on a smart-phone screen. | AFP
Complying with the Centre’s request, Twitter has taken down 52 tweets, most of which were critical of India’s handling of the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, technology policy portal
Medianama reported on Saturday.
The tweets, which are no longer accessible in India, include those posted by Congress MP Revanth Reddy, West Bengal minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh and filmmakers Vinod Kapri and Avinash Das. Kapri has confirmed to
Medianama about the action taken by Twitter, while another user Peter Friedrich, took to the micro-blogging platform to post the mail sent to him about the censorship.
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