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TopicTwitter ban

Topic: Twitter ban

Brazil’s SC orders social media platform X not to circumvent ban at risk of $92k daily fine

X became accessible to many users in Brazil Wednesday as an update to its communications network circumvented the court-ordered block.

Brazil Supreme Court upholds ban on social media platform X after Elon Musk refuses to comply with law

The ban, which went into effect Saturday, was ordered by Justice Alexandre de Moraes after Musk's company missed a court-imposed deadline to name a legal representative in the country.

Pakistanis are using VPN to access X. Govt is defying court order to lift ban

The Sindh High Court specifically ordered the restoration of X within a week in March. However, it is yet to be restored fully.

Jack Dorsey, Twitter vs India & Brij Bhushan’s ‘new portfolio’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Singled out by govt’ — Twitter users could ‘jointly approach court’ as posts, handles blocked

Twitter ‘withheld’ more than 80 tweets and handles Sunday night after receiving orders from Union govt. Affected users include journalist Rana Ayyub and Sikh activist Amaan Bali.

‘Law of the land supreme’, parliamentary panel tells Twitter over non-compliance of IT rules

Twitter has been given two weeks to respond in writing to questions raised by the panel that included those on the 'Congress toolkit' incident and the Ghaziabad assault case.

Samajwadi Party MP Sukhram Singh Yadav demands action against Twitter for account suspension

Addressing the Rajya Sabha Friday, Samajwadi Party MP Chaudhary Sukhram Singh Yadav said that his Twitter account has been 'withdrawn and blocked' despite no complaints as such.

Twitter’s India policy head resigns, firm says ‘no link to govt warning’ over unblocking users

Twitter India, which received notice last week for unblocking accounts govt had requested to block, says policy head Mahima Kaul had decided to step down earlier this year.

Twitter without gatekeepers will save public conversation. Not Khameini, Trump bans

Banning, blocking, or barring users from social media without any legal process is a problem, and may lead to its demise as universal platforms for conversation.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.