One Twitter user accused the government of "finding it easier to take down tweets than ensure oxygen supplies". The government made an emergency order to censor the tweets, Twitter revealed on Lumen, a database that keeps track of global government orders around online content. Twitter did not specify which content it had taken down but media reports say it includes a tweet from a politician in West Bengal holding Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly responsible for Covid deaths, and from an actor criticising Mr Modi for holding political rallies while the virus raged.
tirsdag 27. april 2021
India Covid: Anger as Twitter ordered to remove critical virus posts
Thousands across India are outraged after the government ordered social media platform Twitter to remove posts critical of its handling of the virus. A Twitter spokesperson confirmed it had blocked some material from being viewed in India. The country faces a massive surge in cases, with many of its hospitals facing an oxygen shortage.
