Yoel RothApr 11, 2023

Globally restricting speech based on local legal demands (in this case, from India) is exactly as terrifying as @mmasnick makes it sound in this post. https://www.techdirt.com/2023/04/11/free-speech-twitter-is-now-globally-blocking-posts-critical-of-the-modi-government/

This was EXCEEDINGLY rare in the Twitter 1.0 days — I can think of a vanishingly small number of examples, all of which involved extensive litigation and pushback to avoid having to comply.

A dark day for free speech indeed.

‘Free Speech’ Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical Of The Modi Government

A few weeks ago we wrote about how Elon Musk’s Twitter was now blocking tweets in India at the request of the government. As we noted, there’s a lot of important history here. India had demanded su…

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@yoyoel @mmasnick I wonder how much Modi paid for that privilege
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Show threadTor Iver WilhelmsenApr 12, 2023
@BabblingGeek @yoyoel @mmasnick he probably just hinted at what might happen to Tesla sales in India if it wasn’t blocked. Old Twitter was not owned by someone with other international businesses.
Show threadDanApr 12, 2023
@BabblingGeek @yoyoel @mmasnick doubt Modi paid a penny. All he had to do was threaten to ban Tesla sales in the country.
Do that and Musk will immediately roll over and do whatever the dictator demands.