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There are a lot of hard content moderation questions. This is not one.
— Ian Bassin (@ianbassin) April 25, 2021
By allowing an authoritarian government to literally shut down criticism of its handling of a crisis @twitter & @Facebook abet the death of democracy.
Put the posts back up. https://t.co/bnuGgnI9fm
India is in the middle of a humanitarian disaster and Twitter preventing that from being shared is a moral failure https://t.co/gpn531ew0I
— nilay patel (@reckless) April 24, 2021
Here is @twitter helping the Indian govt censor critical tweets — same old authoritarian bullshit https://t.co/v77cesNibs
— tanvi (@Tanvim) April 25, 2021
Priorities. Censored tweets includes those holding PM accountable, saying the healthcare system is collapsing, criticism of political rallies being held during the pandemic. https://t.co/da0vTNLyBD
— Mohit Rao (@mohitmrao) April 24, 2021
Chilling: "Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised India’s handling of the second surge of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Tweets] now inaccessible to Indian users" include posts by MP, state minister, morehttps://t.co/0WPD3R4RVy
— Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (@rasmus_kleis) April 25, 2021
Hi @jack @vijaya - The Govt of India is having @TwitterIndia remove Tweets critical of it’s absolutely disastrous handling of the Covid crisis. Hope you can hold your ground & restore the content removed/withdrawn. https://t.co/u22f2lWbgj
— Raheel Khursheed (@Raheelk) April 24, 2021
Hey @jack, we thought you will at least add fact-check labels to call out Govt propaganda on the covid crisis in India, as you did against Trump. Instead, @TwitterIndia seems to have officially joined Godi Media by blatantly suppressing criticism of the Supreme Leader. https://t.co/W5G8snGBRT
— Valmiki Naik (@ValmikiNaik) April 25, 2021
“Finally, #Facebook’s human rights commitments will be tested most not in the US or Europe but in significant markets like #India and the Philippines with authoritarian leaders.” | It’s not just #Twitter that will have to face up to Modi’s Govt. https://t.co/6DYZlp9Bkb https://t.co/ledA0EGMfp
— Sanjana Hattotuwa (@sanjanah) April 24, 2021
As India’s coronavirus pandemic burns out of control, the country’s government is cracking down — on social media. https://t.co/seFR8q6G2Z
— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@PranavDixit) April 24, 2021
This.
— Raju Narisetti (@raju) April 25, 2021
Is contemporary India for you, its governance and its government:
Shoot the messengers, cover-up the real issues
As Outbreak Rages, India Orders Critical Social Media Posts to Be Taken Downhttps://t.co/xYH9JXq7xt? via @nytimes
Wow @Twitter this is why I left Facebook. When you become the propaganda department, you’re no longer something I want to support. @jack, this is unacceptable if true. https://t.co/x1UwpCsOa4
— Will Watson (@willwatsonAR) April 25, 2021
As a shattering outbreak of Covid ravages India's teetering health care system, its government ordered the takedown of dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic. Twitter and Facebook complied. A struggle over who can say what online looms. https://t.co/K9InoOvHeq
— Paul Mozur 孟建國 (@paulmozur) April 25, 2021
While citizens are sharing resources and raise funds for those affected by Covid, the govt is busy asking Twitter to remove tweets critical about how they’ve handled Covid. https://t.co/t3JPE7Yrx7
— Andre Borges (@borges) April 25, 2021
"Aimed at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, the move sets up a clash over free speech amid a widening political and public health crisis." https://t.co/6dCHboqEqH
— PTV News (@PTVNewsOfficial) April 25, 2021
You can criticize the Indian government for its Covid management, but no slacking at all when it comes to image management.https://t.co/iQDUUKmWwy pic.twitter.com/FZsRZ8DEck
— Sadanand Dhume (@dhume) April 24, 2021
And credit to @medianama for being the first to notice these censorship request posted on @lumendatabase https://t.co/gMZn0NFCPW
— Avi Asher-Schapiro (@AASchapiro) April 25, 2021
Modi orders Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to take down posts, as India’s public health crisis spirals into a political one https://t.co/cNICdL1U0a With @paulmozur @nytimes
— Karan Deep Singh (@Karan_Singhs) April 25, 2021
This is what the government of the day has prioritised. Not smooth Oxygen supply, not medications! https://t.co/THkXq6mdon
— Ashlin Mathew (@ashlinpmathew) April 24, 2021
Twitter has removed or restricted access to more than 50 posts in the past one month at the behest of the Indian government, inc tweets that criticized its handling of the coronavirus pandemic - after previously blocking accounts over farmers’ protests https://t.co/X4kdfsJ1to
— Natalie Sedacca (@nataliesedacca) April 25, 2021
BREAKING: As the second wave raged, the government ordered Twitter to take down tweets criticising its handling of the pandemic. Twitter took down tweets by a sitting MP, MLA, an actor, and two filmmakers, among many others:https://t.co/fKkqmiLA1w
— Aroon Deep (@AroonDeep) April 24, 2021
Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic https://t.co/Xp9ID1MY8d Meanwhile @twitter only "labels" Lozza "conspiracy theory" Fox's anti-vaxx tweet as "misleading". Curious.
— Miles King (@MilesKing10) April 25, 2021
the COVID situation in India is heartbreaking to see from across the world. People are dying because of a shortage of oxygen, but the government is busy forcing Twitter to remove critical tweets ?♂️ https://t.co/HR6M2KpJM6
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) April 24, 2021
Really seems like these platforms aren’t as into free speech as they say they are. https://t.co/0MJsPE19ij
— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) April 24, 2021
IMPORTANT!
— JK (@JaskiratSB) April 24, 2021
Twitter complied with Indian govt's demand to censor 52 tweets (by an actor, sitting MP, state minister and 2 film makers) that mostly criticised its handling of the 2nd surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.@medianama explains what was removed.https://t.co/cDjRmoKGFK pic.twitter.com/TPX3BfDrw9
Last week, senior @Twitter executives called India a “priority market” when they hired a new engineering director. Days later, the company buckled and blocked tweets critical of the government’s handling of the pandemic. https://t.co/PL6KsDdAPh https://t.co/JedIU4Ll5C pic.twitter.com/Rg1MlhbCNX
— ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@PranavDixit) April 24, 2021
Twitter Is Blocking Tweets That Criticize How The Indian Government Has Handled The Pandemic!
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) April 25, 2021
The coordination between @Twitter and the fascist Indian government is unbelievable!https://t.co/jAfNiHQZYp
The heart of the argument that platforms have their own free speech rights to moderate as they want is right here: a government telling Twitter what to do, and Twitter being made to comply even though it is obviously the wrong thing to do
— nilay patel (@reckless) April 24, 2021
the government of India has the time and capacity identify tweets to be censored. no big deal about all the tweets begging for oxygen, ventilators, hospital beds, medicines. https://t.co/UEhFYVRi7k
— Sumitra Badrinathan (@KhariBiskut) April 24, 2021
Every time Twitter, Facebook, or YouTube has a minor spat with Roskomnadzor about Navalny videos or whatever it is non-stop news, but they've out there censoring whatever Modi requests for a while now https://t.co/FNEZ632G1L
— Aric Toler (@AricToler) April 24, 2021
The order was aimed at roughly 100 posts that included critiques from opposition politicians and calls for Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, to resign.https://t.co/Hi4hwBA4ZF
— Sameer Yasir (@sameeryasir) April 25, 2021
A state minister accuses Prime Minister Modi of downplaying the seriousness of the pandemic. The gvt orders Twitter to take it down. It's hard to imagine more core political speech at a more serious time.
— evelyn douek (@evelyndouek) April 24, 2021
India v. platforms is the most imp battle for online speech right now https://t.co/0FfKmD518G
More regulation of the Internet is necessary, but any capabilities established will set global precedent, persist beyond current decision makers, and shift responsibility for tradeoffs from industry to policymakers. There is absolutely room to make things worse, not better. https://t.co/s0LKPzj1s6
— Brian Fishman (@brianfishman) April 24, 2021
Grotesque actions here on the part of the Indian government.https://t.co/AwrInQHMNq
— Dr. Audrey Truschke (@AudreyTruschke) April 25, 2021
Of course they did. Twitter is also censoring tweets about India’s farmer protests, the largest ongoing protests in the world right now. The farmers are protesting law changes they feel benefit large corporations over small family farmers. Rightfully so! https://t.co/5vaxZY9KIg
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) April 25, 2021
Remarkably India's government is finding time to ask Twitter to censor posts critical of its Covid response. Twitter is complying https://t.co/XHukgGVPbB
— michael safi (@safimichael) April 24, 2021
Twitter has complied with govt requests to censor 52 tweets largely critical of India’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Affected accounts include MP Revanth Reddy, WB minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh, among others.https://t.co/qQJBIHgQk6
— Nikhil Pahwa (@nixxin) April 24, 2021
Last week, howard Dean told me that Modhi was “trump with brains.” https://t.co/LnTSmdnu08
— Molly Jong-Fast? (@MollyJongFast) April 25, 2021
"India’s government on Sunday said it ordered Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to take down dozens of social media posts critical of its handling of the pandemic." https://t.co/E6c49VykXF
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) April 25, 2021
Will link to this article in response to “But social media operates in countries that don’t have an equivalent of the First Amendment and Section 230.” https://t.co/qYQm1krH1Q
— Jeff Kosseff (@jkosseff) April 24, 2021
Since I wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Twitter, can I just say that the Hindu nationalist BJP government has done everything in their power to fight Covid. They’ve been absolutely bloody marvellous, so they have.https://t.co/YcckCMG020
— হিমাদ্রি চ্যাটার্জী Himadri Chatterjee (@hairygit) April 25, 2021
You’ll be *shocked* to see that many of the people outraged about this are the very ones calling for MORE Twitter censorship in America https://t.co/44KmQsiQOw
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) April 24, 2021
This goes beyond 50 tweets and Twitter.
— Prateek Waghre (@prateekwaghre) April 25, 2021
- Unsurprisingly, reports are now suggesting that others got orders to block/withhold content too.
-[@medianama] found out because one of the companies disclosed its actions through a "voluntary" mechanism. (1/8)
Check out Twitter playing Repression’s Little Helper and taking down tweets criticizing the Indian government’s COVID response. https://t.co/E7wknMO8i8
— Eva (@evacide) April 25, 2021
Oxygen supplies can wait. The government is busy right now sticking its grubby fingers in the social media dyke to keep bad news from trickling out. https://t.co/5FIxRpZ1jv
— Prem Panicker (@prempanicker) April 24, 2021
Twitter has hidden tweets. Regarding India's Covid crisis.
— Jeremiah Owyang (@jowyang) April 25, 2021
Slippery slope. Very slippery. https://t.co/sdN7wxTckY
India’s government ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of social media posts critical of its handling of the pandemic, includng critiques from opposition politicians and calls for Modi to resign as India’s prime ministerhttps://t.co/R2yEkVUP0T
— Alfons López Tena (@alfonslopeztena) April 25, 2021
"India’s government ordered Twitter to block more than 50 tweets that criticized how it has handled the pandemic. Twitter complied, preventing people in the country from viewing the posts."https://t.co/6jdfH6q228
— ?️ᴀɴɪꜱʜᴇᴅ ? ?️ᴇʀɴɪᴇ ? (@BanishedBernie) April 25, 2021
Complete moral failure and misguided priorities of the Indian government
— Sar Haribhakti (@sarthakgh) April 25, 2021
This is a shame https://t.co/R7WOd9GfDg
shocking Covid crisis in India right now, and this is what the government is fiddling with… https://t.co/eWOynpvrEb
— ??????? steven ᵐᶦˡˡʷᵃʳᵈ (@SirSteven) April 24, 2021
On Indian Government’s request, Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising India’s handling of pandemic including by Congress MP @revanth_anumula, West Bengal minister @GhatakMoloy, actor @vineetkumar_s & filmmaker @vinodkapri https://t.co/zb6qU8l84l via @scroll_in
— Aveek Sen (@aveeksen) April 24, 2021
Indian government blocking account who criticized them or giving information what's going right now in India to #world about this #PANDAMIC #lockdown2021,
— dr.vilas jagdale (@Drvilasjagdale) April 25, 2021
They blocked facebook, YouTube now twitter account also,
No freedom of expression is allowed.https://t.co/1Dsuyvvyee
@Twitter your approach is biased & a violation of rights to freedom of speech. By taking down 52 tweets on BJP’s request you are supporting their failures and inefficiencies in dealing with the worst pandemics of the era. Pleas reinstate those tweets. https://t.co/WnPCTIPTbi
— Canadians Against Oppression and Persecution(CAOP) (@caop_ca) April 25, 2021
Cowards's System Crashed !
— Niraj Bhatia (@bhatia_niraj23) April 24, 2021
On Centre’s request, Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising India’s handling of pandemic: Report#ModiSarkarHiSystemHai https://t.co/ECdGZsRhkv
Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising handling of Covid on government’s request: Medianama https://t.co/SuR7NgVQ91
— rupa jha (@rupa_jha) April 25, 2021
On Centre’s request, Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising India’s handling of pandemic: Report https://t.co/QXkXjcT25w via @scroll_in
— naresh fernandes (@tajmahalfoxtrot) April 24, 2021
Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising handling of Covid on government’s request: Medianama https://t.co/70S7PzBDZ7
— nikhil wagle (@waglenikhil) April 24, 2021
On Centre’s request, Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising India’s handling of pandemic: Report https://t.co/aJ6ZpzvR3m via @scroll_in
— Saswat (@Randombugger) April 24, 2021
Looks like the Govt toolkit on blocking critics has been activated.
— Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ (@PriyankKharge) April 25, 2021
Govt asks Twitter to block some tweets critical of its Covid handling, Twitter complies partially - Technology News https://t.co/0UZtF0gn8L
It's Monday in India ⏰
— Marshel Crittenden ?? (@marshel1969) April 25, 2021
Sunday the country reported more than 349,691 new cases & 2,767 deaths.
India ordered 100 companies posts on FB, Gram & Twitter to be take down before it cause panic.
Panic is these numbers!#DemVoice1 #FreshVoicesRise #ONEV1
https://t.co/Nv1gwAPgfe
Grotesque actions here on the part of the Indian government.https://t.co/AwrInQHMNq
— Dr. Audrey Truschke (@AudreyTruschke) April 25, 2021
Modi orders Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to take down posts, as India’s public health crisis spirals into a political one https://t.co/cNICdL1U0a With @paulmozur @nytimes
— Karan Deep Singh (@Karan_Singhs) April 25, 2021
"The new steps to muzzle online speech deepen a conflict between American social media platforms and Mr. Modi’s government." @Karan_Singhs @paulmozur #COVID19India @Twitter @TwitterIndia https://t.co/jwYtDgvqBk
— Mira Kamdar (@mirakamdar) April 25, 2021
Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticise and oppose.https://t.co/FcvztpGXVQ https://t.co/FcvztpGXVQ
— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) April 25, 2021
India's government says it ordered Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to take down dozens of posts critical of its handling of the pandemic; companies complied https://t.co/R9xzCoJ49e
— Liberation Technology (@Liberationtech) April 25, 2021
"As Covid Outbreak Rages, India Orders...
— C.J. Bowden (@CJBowden1) April 25, 2021
?Critical Social Media Posts to Be Taken Down?"https://t.co/kV0La9BoqD
14억 인구 인도는 걷잡을 수 없는 코로나 감염 확산으로 사실상 국가 의료 붕괴. 팬데믹 앞에 두고 일국주의의 근시안 벗어나야 한다. 어느 한 나라에 대한 동정 차원의 문제가 아니라 인류 모두에게 직접 연결된 문제임을 인식하고 구호에 나서야. 에이즈, 에볼라 때 그랬다.https://t.co/9RKRoyuILp
— Journey (@atmostbeautiful) April 25, 2021
The world must act: India's Covid crisis is a dire problem for us all | India - The Guardian https://t.co/2nIYSE3SBZ
— Theresa Boyle (@theresaboyle) April 25, 2021
Why India’s??worsening #Covid19 crisis is a dire problem for the world. Urgent supplies are needed to stem the rampant spread of infections in country of 1.4 billion https://t.co/un0F1mTpQh via @guardian #GlobalHealth
— André Picard (@picardonhealth) April 25, 2021
I'm not seeing much alarm on my timeline about what's happening in India. Yes, I know American progressives are better at cosplaying attacks on US imperialism than effecting true global cooperation. But this looks like a potentially major catastrophe. https://t.co/qzYqtvxLhF
— Mosi Reeves (@mosreeves) April 25, 2021
Hey! Listen worldhttps://t.co/SNh5GHiTrY
— eve (@eve_empal) April 25, 2021
Covid.. Politicians.. Oratory.. skullduggery and ground reality..#IndiaCovidCrisis
— Ali Khan.. (@sadaat55) April 25, 2021
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/09Y65dfsOQ
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world | India | The Guardian
— Fionna O'Leary, ??? (@fascinatorfun) April 25, 2021
A human and largely preventable tragedy unfolding before our eyes and we STILL are not prepared.
https://t.co/4mWR8YY00D
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/zGXMYSIgnh
— Frank Graves (@VoiceOfFranky) April 25, 2021
”Experts have repeatedly warned that allowing the virus to circulate unchecked increases the risk that dangerous new strains will emerge and prolong the pandemic.”
— Aku Karvinen (@AkuKarvinen) April 25, 2021
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/0ba3ieW1UL
Exactly how long are we planning to hide the administration’s incompetency in dealing with the pandemic?#WhereAreOurVaccines #Twitter #CovidIndia #COVID19 https://t.co/107QuvOL0G
— AANA #DalitLivesMatter (@aanausa) April 24, 2021
This is ridiculous: India's government should be held accountable for the disastrous situationhttps://t.co/jymyzaDxg7
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) April 26, 2021
As Outbreak Rages, India Orders Critical Social Media Posts to Be Taken Down https://t.co/y0v6AlAXiL
— Seraj Ahmad (@theseraj) April 26, 2021
Amid the worsening #COVID19 outbreak in India, the Indian government reportedly ordered social media platforms to take down dozens of social media posts critical of its handling of the pandemic. By @paulmozur and @Karan_Singhs: https://t.co/VyhUMeq9gK
— William Yang (@WilliamYang120) April 26, 2021
The virus is changing in ways that make it worse, not better. Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/opPYrqDURb
— Prof. Peter Doherty (@ProfPCDoherty) April 26, 2021
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world- highlighting the lead for a concerted global approach to use resources & against vaccine hoarding by some countries https://t.co/sin1rwkBq8
— Rajesh Mohan?--PPE for FRONTLINE-- (@raj_psyc) April 26, 2021
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/QTrkjY61xU
— Mark Whitehead?????????????????48 (@mhwhitehead) April 25, 2021
“The catastrophe unfolding in India appears to be the worst-case scenario that many feared from the Covid-19 pandemic...” This so didn’t have to happen. https://t.co/V0G6ZuyFBF
— FreedomTrail Trilha da liberdade (@FreedomSutra) April 26, 2021
Why India’s worsening Covid crisis is a dire problem for the world https://t.co/rSYMjsTbnK
— Zitto MwamiRuyagwa Kabwe (@zittokabwe) April 26, 2021
The dramatic covid situation in India could put the global approach to fight the corona pandemic at risk. https://t.co/LEm9W0xyTc
— Dag Erik Berg (@DagErikBerg) April 25, 2021