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Twitter sues India

Social media executives in India could face jail terms of up to seven years for not complying with orders to remove content.Jim Wilson/The New York Times

Broadcasting News Corporation :Twitter said that it had sued the Indian government, challenging a recent order to remove content and block accounts within the country. The company had been given a deadline of Monday to block dozens of accounts and posts from view within India, with a threat of criminal action against Twitter executives if they failed to comply. Twitter has been told to remove content related to complaints about civil liberties, protests and the government’s response to the pandemic. Last week, it was ordered to block tweets from Freedom House, an American nonprofit organization that mentioned India as an example of a country where press freedom was on the decline. News collected from The New York Times.

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