New Delhi The Congress on Thursday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over social media platform X (formerly Twitter) disagreeing with the Centre’s order to block accounts and posts related to the ongoing farmers’ protest.“Murder Of Democracy in India,” Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh posted on X while tagging the platform’s statement on the Centre’s order.
In response the IT ministry’s order asking asking social platforms to temporarily block 177 accounts linked to the farmers’ protest, the Elon Musk-led platform said,”The Indian government has issued executive orders requiring X to act on specific accounts and posts, subject to potential penalties, including significant fines and imprisonment. In compliance with the orders, we will withhold these accounts and posts in India alone; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts.”
“Consistent with our position, a writ appeal challenging the Indian government’s blocking orders remains pending. We have also provided the impacted users with notice of these actions in accordance with our policies,” the platform added.
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