TechCrunch Summary (2023-06-12 09PM)

Source: India threatened to shut down Twitter and raid employees’ homes, Jack Dorsey says

Summary
India regularly asked Twitter to remove critical posts and accounts during the farmers’ protests and threatened legal action. Twitter was ordered to suspend hundreds of accounts, and limit the visibility of certain hashtags in India in response to these requests.

Facts

📜 India regularly requested Twitter to remove certain posts and accounts critical of the government and farmers’ protests.

🚨 The Indian government issued threats of legal action against Twitter in case of noncompliance and requested the social media to suspend accounts and limit hashtag visibility.

🏢 Twitter was threatened with raids on the homes of employees and shutting down offices in India.

🤝 Twitter exhibited a more protracted timeline in complying with India’s newly enacted IT regulations compared to its American counterparts.

🚪 In 2021, the Delhi Police made surprise visits to two of Twitter’s offices in India when the company did not comply with the new regulations.

🤝 Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the federal deputy minister for information technology in India, said Twitter repeatedly violated India’s laws and only complied with them in June 2022.

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