In a blogpost, the social media giant said it has not blocked handles of civil society activists, politicians & media as 'it would violate their fundamental right to free expression'.
Govt on 4 February ordered Twitter to block 1,178 accounts with links to Pakistan, Sikh extremist groups that were spreading misinformation on the farmer protests.
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.
UP Police has turned to Twitter & Facebook, sharing scenes and posters from popular Bollywood movies, to connect to people for awareness and to promote initiatives.
Sources said Twitter is an 'intermediary' and is obliged to obey govt directions. The site had unilaterally restored several accounts it had withheld following govt request.
Twitter is said to have conveyed to the govt that the accounts and tweets in question constitute free speech and are newsworthy and therefore have been restored.
On 4 April 1968, Bansgaon MP Molhu Prasad delivered a speech in the Lok Sabha on the atrocities against the Scheduled Castes and their negligible representation despite reservation.
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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