{"id":7107,"date":"2022-07-07T14:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/twitter-challenges-india-order-to-take-down-tweets"},"modified":"2022-07-07T14:51:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:51:30","slug":"twitter-challenges-india-order-to-take-down-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/sierra-leone\/all-news\/twitter-challenges-india-order-to-take-down-tweets","title":{"rendered":"Twitter challenges India order to take down tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Twitter has mounted a legal challenge in India against government orders to take down content.<\/p>\n

The social media giant has filed a petition with the high court in Karnataka state resisting \u201cseveral\u201d such orders, sources told the BBC.<\/p>\n

Twitter was reacting to a letter from the government in June warning of \u201cserious consequences\u201d of non-compliance of such orders.<\/p>\n

Twitter has more than 24 million users in India, by one estimate.<\/p>\n

Hours after the petition was filed, federal minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted that all foreign Internet platforms had to comply with Indian laws.<\/p>\n

In India,all incldng foreign Internet intermediaries\/platforms have right to court n judicial review.<\/p>\n

But equally ALL intermediary\/platforms operating here,have unambiguous obligation to comply with our laws n rules. #Open #SafeTrusted #Accountable #Internet<\/p>\n

Sources familiar with the matter said the government had warned Twitter in June, saying it was the company\u2019s \u201clast opportunity\u201d to comply with a number of blocking orders.<\/p>\n

They fall under India\u2019s information technology law which allows the government to block online content that \u201cthreatens the security of the state\u201d and public order among other things.<\/p>\n

They said Twitter had chosen to go to court due to the \u201cseriousness of the threats\u201d as failure to comply with the law could lead to criminal proceedings.<\/p>\n

The social media giant believes that the orders are \u201cprocedurally and substantially deficient\u201d of the requirements of the law and many of them \u201cdemonstrate excessive use of power and are disproportionate,\u201d sources said.<\/p>\n

The Indian government\u2019s war with Twitter<\/p>\n

In several cases, for example, there are demands for entire accounts to be blocked, the sources added. And several accounts could involve content posted by \u201cofficial handles of political parties\u201d.<\/p>\n

This is the latest move in a continuing face-off between Twitter and India\u2019s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government.<\/p>\n

Over the past year, authorities have asked the social media giant to remove tweets and block accounts, citing objections based on public order. These include accounts and tweets related to last year\u2019s massive protests by farmers and tweets critical of the government\u2019s handling of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

During the farmers\u2019 protests Twitter briefly blocked some 250 accounts in response to a legal notice by the government, citing objections based on public order.<\/p>\n

These included accounts of an investigative news magazine, and activists and groups associated with supporting the months-long protests on the outskirts of Delhi.<\/p>\n

But Twitter restored the accounts in six hours, citing \u201cinsufficient justification\u201d for continuing the suspension.<\/p>\n

Last year in February, Twitter was told that it was \u201cwelcome to do business in India\u201d, but it had to follow the laws of the country \u201cirrespective of Twitter\u2019s own rules and guidelines\u201d.<\/p>\n

In May, Twitter expressed concerns over freedom of expression in India, days after police visited its offices in the capital, Delhi.<\/p>\n

The police served notice to the site after it labelled a tweet by the BJP as \u201cmanipulated media\u201d.<\/p>\n

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