The chilling effects of #censorship by an #authoritarian regime in #India on #SocialMedia 😰:

“How India Tamed Twitter And Set A Global Standard For Online Censorship” [2023], The Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/11/08/india-twitter-online-censorship/).

#Twitter #ITAct #69A #NaMo #Fascism #FreedomOfSpeech

How India tamed Twitter and set a global standard for online censorship

The government has sharply increased the demands it makes of Silicon Valley firms to take down posts and accounts, in particular those that criticize the prime minister and the ruling BJP party.

The Washington Post