New Delhi: The government on Wednesday expressed “strong displeasure” over Twitter’s delay in taking prompt action against accounts and hashtags spreading misinformation and provocative content around the farmers’ stir, as the IT Ministry made it clear that the company must comply with the country’s laws irrespective of the platform’s own rules.
Twitter has suspended over 500 accounts, and blocked access to several others within India while refusing to block accounts of “news media entities, journalists, activists and politicians” citing the need to uphold freedom of expression.
During a virtual interaction between IT Secretary and senior officials of Twitter, the government told the microblogging platform that as a business entity operating in India, it must respect the laws and democratic institutions and take strong action against “well-coordinated” campaigns “designed to create disharmony and unrest” in the country.
Slamming the delay by the platform in complying…