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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsElon Musk Caves to Pressure From India to Remove BBC Doc Critical of Modi
Twitter and YouTube censored a report critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in coordination with the government of India. Officials called for the Big Tech companies to take action against a BBC documentary exploring Modis role in a genocidal 2002 massacre in the Indian state of Gujarat, which the officials deemed a propaganda piece. In a series of posts, Kanchan Gupta, senior adviser at the Indian governments Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, denounced the BBC documentary as hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage.
He said that both Twitter and YouTube had been ordered to block links to the film, before adding that the platforms have complied with the directions. Guptas statements coincided with posts from Twitter users in India who claimed to have shared links to the documentary but whose posts were later removed and replaced with a legal notice. The government has sent hundreds of requests to different social media platforms, especially YouTube and Twitter, to take down the posts that share snippets or links to the documentary, Indian journalist Raqib Hameed Naik told The Intercept. And shamefully, the companies are complying with their demands and have taken down numerous videos and posts.
This act of censorship wiping away allegations of crimes against humanity committed by a foreign leader sets a worrying tone for Twitter, especially in light of its new management.Elon Musks self-identification as a free-speech absolutist has been a primary talking point for the billionaire as he has sought to explain why he took ownership of the platform last year.
https://theintercept.com/2023/01/24/twitter-elon-musk-modi-india-bbc/
ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)Of course, we already knew that.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,042 posts)I'd hate to see you all blue.
Lovie777
(12,265 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,481 posts)The freedom of the powerful to do whatever they will to the powerless.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)If not just for the support they are giving Putin.