Twitter has withheld several tweets from Indian users at the request of the Indian government. These included tweets from prominent personalities who criticized the government’s response to COVID-19.
India has been battling with the second wave of COVID-19 that has been proved deadly and has crippled the country’s medical infrastructure. Amid the chaos, the Indian government decided to censor activists who have been calling for better management of the pandemic. Medianama is reporting that the government has sent a legal notice to Twitter ordering the company to remove tweets criticizing the government’s response. The list includes Revanth Reddy (Member of Parliament), Moloy Ghatak (a minister in West Bengal), Vineet Kumar Singh (actor) and more.
