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As India Prepares for Elections, Government Silences Critics on X with Executive Order
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It is troubling to see that the Indian government has issued new demands to X (formerly Twitter) to remove accounts and posts critical of the government and its recent actions. This is especially bears watching as India is preparing for general elections this spring, and concerns for the government’s manipulation of social media critical of it grows.
On Wednesday, X’s Global Government Affairs account (@GlobalAffairs) tweeted:
The Indian government has issued executive orders requiring X to act on specific …
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