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<ul><li>India’s <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> has issued a contempt notice against activist and lawyer <keyword id="6368850" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="prashant-bhushan">Prashant Bhushan</keyword> over a tweet about the Chief Justice of India (CJI).</li><li>The petition, filed by Advocate Mahek Maheshwari, claims that the tweet will “spread hate in the form of anti-India campaign.”</li><li>The petition added that the justices in India were still hearing cases over video conferencing stating, “They are not even enjoying vacation properly.”</li></ul>The latest news potboiler in India is the case against activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan where the Supreme Court has issued a contempt notice. All the fuss is over a couple of tweets that Bhushan put out criticising the Chief Justice of India (CJI) on June 29. <a href="https://twitter.com/pbhushan1/status/1277483749739917318"> </a> <div type="image" title="bushan CJI tweet" msid="77107652" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Prashant Bushan&amp;#39;s tweet questioning the Supreme Court&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> <div type="image" title="bushan tweet 2_edited" msid="77107673" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Prashant Bushan&amp;#39;s tweet accusing the CJI of denying citizens their fundamental rights&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The petition filed by Advocate <a href="https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/pdf_upload-378581.pdf">Mahek Maheshwari</a> alleges that the tweet uploaded by Bhushan was nothing more than a “cheap publicity stunt” to “spread hatred in the form of anti-India campaign.” And Twitter is caught in the crossfire. The petition criticized the social networking giant’s India arm for not disabling the tweet or deactivating Bushan’s handle. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77033471" title="Twitter India has until the end of this month to respond to a plea against it for 'anti-national activities'" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> “We are, prima facie, of the view that the aforesaid statements on Twitter have brought the administration of justice in disrepute and are capable of undermining the dignity and authority of the Institution of the Supreme Court in general and the office of the CJI in particular in the eyes of the public at large,” said the court order against Bhushan and Twitter. Maheshwari added that since Bhushan is a lawyer — and an influential one at that — his remarks could seriously affect the perception of the CJI’s character and appearance. “Tweet is of serious nature putting a big question on the sovereign function of CJI and their abiding nature to the Constitution of India,” said the petition filed by Advocate Mahek Maheshwari. <div type="image" title="bushan tweet 3_edited" msid="77107695" hostid="261" caption="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The picture at the center of the controvery&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;"></div> The petitioner took time to appease the judges for listening to cases via video conferencing during the lockdown. “They are not even enjoying vacation properly. In Summum Bonum statement that the CJI is denying fundamental right to citizens is totally wrong,” said the petition. Summum Bonum is a Latin term which translates to ‘the ultimate goal’ or the ‘highest good’. The risk for Twitter In India, there’s already an ongoing campaign against Twitter. A series of webinars with some very influential people including the likes of BJP leader Vinit Goenka, former Infosys executive and an investor Mohandas Pai, former National Cyber Security Coordinator Lt Gen. Pant, and a host of former army generals have called for a crackdown on the social media platform for being partisan against India’s “national interests”. Goenka has also filed a petition with the Supreme Court directing the government to create a mechanism to keep content and advertisements on Twitter in check. The social-networking giant has been at odds with the Indian government after a slew of accounts supporting right-wing ideologues were <a href="https://www.opindia.com/2018/03/read-why-these-right-wing-twitter-accounts-are-getting-suspended/">suspended</a> on the platform. There was also an incident where <a href="https://qz.com/india/1549310/twitter-says-its-a-global-glitch-indias-right-wing-smells-a-conspiracy/">disappearing</a> likes and retweets were allegedly discriminating against right-wing voices in India. Defending Twitter India, Senior Advocate Sajan Poovayya, explained that necessary instructions need to be given to Twitter in order for them to take down the tweet. He added that the proper authority to address the issue lies with Twitter’s global office in California — not Twitter India. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/twitter-says-its-cracking-down-on-conspiracy-theory-group-qanon-and-has-already-reportedly-removed-7000-accounts/articleshow/77098746.cms">Twitter says it's cracking down on conspiracy-theory group 'QAnon' and has already reportedly removed 7,000 accounts</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/coinbase-one-of-the-bitcoin-twitter-accounts-compromised-last-week-said-it-blocked-278000-from-being-transferred-to-the-attackers/articleshow/77074987.cms">Coinbase, one of the Bitcoin Twitter accounts compromised last week, said it blocked $278,000 from being transferred to the attackers</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/twitter-india-has-until-the-end-of-this-month-to-respond-to-a-plea-against-it-for-anti-national-activities/articleshow/77033471.cms">Twitter India has until the end of this month to respond to a plea against it for 'anti-national activities'</a>

Tweets criticising India's Supreme Court get tagged as 'hate speech' and incur the judge's wrath ⁠— Twitter caught in the crossfire

<ul><li>The <keyword id="3457213" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="internet-freedom-foundation">Internet Freedom Foundation</keyword> (IFF) wants Twitter to explain why it removed Prashant Bushan’s controversial tweets even though no legal request was issued to that effect. </li><li>According to the internet rights body, Twitter’s ‘proactively’ removal amounts to an impediment of the right to free speech and freedom of expression.</li><li>For Twitter, removing Bhushan’s tweet led to an acquittal from the case.</li></ul>Twitter may have wrangled itself free from the clutches of India’s <keyword id="6354977" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court">Supreme Court</keyword> by removing activist and lawyer <keyword id="6368850" type="DEFINITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="prashant-bhushan">Prashant Bhushan</keyword>’s tweets from the social networking platform, but there are others who believe that the social networking giant has some explaining to do. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77649463" title="Prashant Bhushan rejects Supreme Court's offer to delay sentence but is given two to three days to reconsider statement" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), an internet rights body, has written to Twitter questioning its move to ‘proactively’ remove Bhushan’s tweets from the platform without any directive being issued to that effect by the courts. That too before any decision was made on whether Bhushan is ‘guilty of contempt’. "Twitter is committed to defending and protecting freedom of expression in India and around the globe. Nonetheless, Twitter endeavors at all times to comply with local law and Twitter’s action in this case is consistent with local legal standard," the social networking platform said with respect to IFF's letter. Removing the tweets led to the Supreme Court acquitting Twitter from Bhushan’s case ruling that, “The intention of <keyword id="749437" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter-India">Twitter India</keyword> would not be considered against the court.” <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77107560" title="Tweets criticising India's Supreme Court get tagged as 'hate speech' and incur the judge's wrath ⁠— Twitter caught in the crossfire" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> Others see it as an abuse of power. “By proactively censoring online content in the absence of any direction from a court mandating the same, Twitter’s actions in the case against Bhushan have set a dangerous precedent for free speech,” said <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Gow1p29T-4_ODJJBKvG47L1NZ78dAlwRMNGNzf1rHJA/viewform?edit_requested=true">IFF’s letter to Twitter.</a> Twitter jumps the gun The Twitter feud in India stems from two tweets that Bhushan put out criticising the Chief Justice of India, Ashok Bhushan, and the Indian judiciary. Twitter was called upon to explain why the tweets were not taken down. Defending Twitter India, senior advocate Sajan Poovayya, explained that necessary instructions need to be given to Twitter for them to take down the tweet. He added that the proper authority to address the issue lies with Twitter’s global office in California — not India. “The issuance of notice by the Supreme Court does not amount to a determination of illegality in any way,” explains IFF’s letter. However, before the second hearing, the tweets disappeared from the platform and was replaced with the message, “This Tweet from @pbhushan1 has been withheld in response to a legal demand.” This even as IFF asserts that no legal demand was filed. “The removal of the actual tweets from Twitter’s platform does not serve any purpose except erasure of the historical record, especially in the absence of a clear and specific judicial direction requiring the same,” says the advocacy group’s letter. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="77539437" title="Supreme Court wields the ‘iron hand’ in holding Prashant Bhushan guilty for tweets critical of judiciary and chief justice" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div> The letter is led by Bhushan’s lawyer, Dushyant Dave and has a 100 signatories so far. According to the social network's latest Transparency Report, India already ranks fifth-highest in terms of removal requests globally after Japan, Russia, Turkey, and South Korea. Updated: Earlier version did not include Twitter's comment on IFF's letter. Countries ahead of India in terms of removal requests also was not included. 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Twitter's decision to 'proactively' remove Prashant Bhushan's tweets opposed by internet rights body

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> removed dozens of tweets at the request of the Indian government. </li><li>The tweets were critical of the country's response to COVID-19, <a href="https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/">MediaNama</a> reported.</li><li>COVID-19 cases in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> are spiking, and the healthcare system is overwhelmed. </li></ul>Twitter removed tweets that were critical of India's response to the COVID-19 pandemic at the request of the Indian government, the company said Saturday.Twitter censored tweets from a member of parliament, an actor, a former journalist, and West Bengal's minister of labor and law, according to Indian <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> outlet <a href="https://www.medianama.com/2021/04/223-twitter-mp-minister-censor/">MediaNama, </a>which first reported the news. "When we receive a valid legal request, we review it under both the Twitter Rules and local law. If the content violates Twitter's Rules, the content will be removed from the service," a company spokesperson told Insider."If it is determined to be illegal in a particular jurisdiction, but not in violation of the Twitter Rules, we may withhold access to the content in India only. In all cases, we notify the account holder directly so they're aware that we've received a legal order pertaining to the account," the company said.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-move-texas-why-tesla-maturing-as-a-company-2020-12">Elon Musk's move to Texas is a publicity stunt that reveals how Tesla is maturing as an automaker</a>India is currently dealing with one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks globally. It ranks just behind the US in terms of the total number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in 2020. It ranks fourth in reported deaths, behind the US, Brazil, and Mexico, according to data from <a href="https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html">Johns Hopkins University.</a>But as Insider recently reported, the nation is <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-covid-19-cases-data-2021-4">dealing with a spike</a> that has pushed it ahead of the entirety of North America in the number of new cases being diagnosed each day. On Friday, India reported more than 330,000 new COVID-19 cases, up significantly from the around 12,000 new cases it reported per day in February.The spike has overwhelmed the country's healthcare infrastructure and has <a href="https://www.insider.com/india-covid-second-wave-oxygen-shortage-2021-4">led to oxygen shortages</a>. Data from the Lumen Database, which tracks legal complaints and requests for the removal of online materials, confirmed that the Indian government had requested the removal of the tweets critical of its response to the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/24/22400976/twitter-removed-tweets-critical-india-censor-coronavirus">The Verge</a> reported.Indian law allows the country to censor language it deems defamatory or that it views as possibly inciting violence, The Verge noted. The country in February enacted a new regulation that could <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/india-threatens-to-jail-facebook-twitter-workers-over-farmer-protests-2021-3">allow it to jail employees of social-media companies</a> should they refuse to comply with the government's demands to delete content it considers illegal, <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/90613579/india-social-media-rules-twitter-facebook-free-speech">Fast Company</a> and the Wall Street Journal reported.Twitter in February said it was committed to "freedom of expression" <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitters-india-standoff-dragged-in-journalists-and-activists-2021-2">while it temporarily limited some users' accounts</a> at the request of the Indian government.

Twitter removed tweets that criticized India's COVID-19 response after the country's government asked it to do so

Hyderabad police have registered a criminal case against micro-blogging platform Twitter, Facebook-owned <keyword id="790242" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</keyword> and Chinese short-video making app TikTok on charges of facilitating the spread of hatred and anti-national content on their platforms in the country. The Cyber Crime <keyword id="48675" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="police-station">Police Station</keyword> registered the case following the direction from a city court on a petition filed by a local journalist. This is believed to be the first case against the leading social media platforms for facilitating spread of hatred and anti-national content in the country. The case against the social media platforms was registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including for promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony, conspiracy to wage or attempt to wage war, or abetting waging of war against Indian government, obscene acts and songs in public, statements <keyword id="8818833" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="conducing">conducing</keyword> to public mischief and criminal conspiracy. Silveri Srishailam, who had filed the petition in a Nampally court seeking action against the three social media apps, claimed that more than 1,200 groups were created after the protests against CAA, NRC and NPR began in the country, which were spreading anti-national content. He even claimed that some Pakistanis were members in these groups. He made <keyword id="8842132" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="twitter-communications-india-limited">Twitter Communications India Limited</keyword> and its India MD Manish Maheswari, WhatsApp Inc and its India head Abhijit Bose, and Tik Tok and its head Nikhil Gandhi the respondents in the case. When asked, a WhatsApp spokesperson shared an earlier statement that the company cared deeply about the safety of its users in India. "WhatsApp has made significant product changes and worked with partners across civil society, engaged with relevant government authorities and other technology platforms to help address the harmful consequences of misinformation," the spokesperson said. Inside sources told IANS that Twitter has not received any information on any such development so far. TikTok said it is looking into the matter. While WhatsApp has 400 million users in India, TikTok has crossed 200 million users. According to Statista, Twitter had nearly 35 million active users in India in 2019. Though the FIR was registered on February 18, the issue came to light on Thursday. A police officer said that notices would be issued to the respondents seeking their comments. The petitioner also sought ban on 42 apps, which he claimed were working against India.

Hyderabad police file criminal case against TikTok, Twitter and WhatsApp for spreading hate

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword>, Twitter, and <keyword id="790242" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="WhatsApp">Whatsapp</keyword> have been flooded with desperate calls for COVID-19 help from people in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>.</li><li>Doctors, politicians, and patients are seeking <keyword id="6355647" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Oxygen">oxygen</keyword>, ICU beds, and blood plasma.</li><li>India's COVID-19 daily cases hit a world record on Sunday, with 350,000 new cases.</li></ul>In India, social-media platforms are flooded with requests for oxygen, intensive care unit (ICU) beds, and blood plasma amid the deepening COVID-19 crisis.India recorded <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-india-cases-rising-record-infections-coronavirus-2021-4">more than 350,000 daily COVID-19 cases</a> on Sunday, breaking the world record for the fifth consecutive day.Doctors, politicians, and COVID-19 patients and their loved ones are using hashtags #CovidSOS and #COVIDEmergency2021 in Twitter posts to plead for supplies, <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/25/22402273/twitter-whatsapp-facebook-triage-center-india-oxygen-hospital-coronavirus">The Verge</a> first reported. <a href="https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hr4LlyNHLiuETGzmdVgpsR?fbclid=IwAR0ahsmXkoHIPgxyzBmG6kf7E9HNeVNtLVAI6MtGsxwQz4Ug7-mWDgzThgU">Groups on WhatsApp</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/humankindglobal">Facebook</a> such as HumanKind Global are full of people searching for blood plasma and oxygen to help COVID-19 patients, The Verge reported.<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/humankindglobal"></a>Hospitals in the country are struggling to cope with <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">shortages of beds and oxygen supplies</a> - some say they only have a few hours' of oxygen supply left. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/photos-indias-crematoriums-have-started-to-melt-so-many-bodies-2021-4#in-the-indian-state-of-gujarat-gas-and-firewood-furnaces-at-crematoriums-have-been-running-so-long-without-a-break-that-metal-parts-have-begun-to-melt-15">Crematoriums are also starting to melt</a> from operating for so long.Prashant Kanojia, member of the Rashtriya Lok Dal party in India and a former journalist, on Sunday <a href="https://twitter.com/PJkanojia/status/1385751693627838465">tweeted with the hashtag #CovidSOS</a> that a hospital in Meerut, north India, needed urgent oxygen supplies.Read more: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-modi-india-failed-in-critical-hour-of-need-2021-4">Hospitals in India are turning patients away and COVID-19 cases are skyrocketing. But Prime Minister Modi is on the campaign trail and ignoring the crisis.</a>In response to a <a href="https://twitter.com/bainjal/status/1383048960365850632">thread by journalist Swati Chaturvedi</a> to amplify people's requests for help, <a href="https://twitter.com/abmoitra/status/1383096513417592834">one Twitter user </a>said her relative was a critical cancer patient who couldn't be transferred to ICU because there were no beds available.Another <a href="https://twitter.com/ankitkaul/status/1383066917624111106">Twitter user replied to the thread</a>, saying that their friend's father was "extremely critical" and needed a ventilator urgently in the National Capital Region of India.Vinay Srivastava, an Indian journalist who had COVID-19, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/covid-19-india-journalist-live-tweeted-oxygen-levels-before-died-2021-4">tweeted on April 16 that his oxygen levels</a> had dropped and that he needed medical help. He was denied healthcare because he didn't have the right paperwork, local media reported. He died the day after his Twitter plea.Hemant Rajaura, a <keyword id="6354750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="health">health</keyword> reporter for Hindustan Newspaper, <a href="https://twitter.com/hemantrajora_/status/1386375534402179079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1386375534402179079%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2Fhemantrajora_2Fstatus2F1386375534402179079widget%3DTweetweet">tweeted</a> on Sunday that the oxygen supply in Irene Hospital in New Delhi had dropped, endangering patients. The day before, he <a href="https://twitter.com/hemantrajora_/status/1386210932431355909">tweeted</a> that Delhi needed 700 tons of oxygen to cope with demand, but that only 330 tons was reaching the city.The US on Sunday said <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-to-help-india-with-covid-19-crisis-through-vaccine-production-supplies-2021-4">it would provide supplies</a> for testing, drugs, personal protective equipment, ventilators, and vaccines to help India fight its current coronavirus wave. <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/covid-vaccine-tracker-global-distribution/?sref=Hhue1scO">Less than 2%</a> of India's population is fully vaccinated.

Doctors and COVID-19 patients in India are turning to social media in desperate pleas for oxygen, blood plasma, and ICU beds

<ul><li>Angry <keyword id="8308705" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="twitter-users-are-leaving">Twitter users are leaving</keyword> the platform for alleged caste-based biases. </li><li>They are instead joining the open source social media platform <keyword id="1541215" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mastodon">Mastodon</keyword>.</li><li>The platform was created by German coder Eugen Rochko in 2016 and has a tagline – Social networking, back in your hands. </li></ul><keyword id="749437" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter-India">Twitter India</keyword> is in trouble again. This time around, its Indian users are leaving the platform join Mastodon – an open source social media platform. A large number of users are suspending their accounts and accusing Twitter of discrimination. A much lesser known Mastodon is gaining from the anger. The open source platform allows users to create their own communities through their own servers. Mastodon is a decentralised platform, not owned by anyone. As it doesn’t allow advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, the platform accepts donations. The platform was created by German coder Eugen Rochko in 2016 and has a tagline – Social networking, back in your hands. It allows users to publish text, images, links, videos etc. It also promises a safer social media environment. “Twitter forces you to choose between two extremes, a protected account and a fully public account. If you have a public account, all your tweets are visible to everyone and infinitely shareable. Mastodon realizes that it’s not something you might always want though,” the <a href="https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2018/07/cage-the-mastodon/">website quotes Rochko.</a> So Mastodon has four options instead – fully public, unlisted (appearing to your followers and anyone looking at your profile, but not on public timelines), private (appearing only to your followers and people mentioned in it) and direct (appearing only to people mentioned in it). What went wrong with Twitter Twitter India is alleged of showing bias based on caste. Multiple prominent accounts of <a href="https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/what-mastodon-and-why-scores-twitter-users-are-migrating-it-111951">Dalit, Bahujan, and Adivasi (DBA) communities have suspended their accounts. </a> The movement started after the account of a senior columnist Dilip C Mandal was restricted by the social media giant. Though he got his account back, <keyword id="68160" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="twitter-users">Twitter users</keyword> began pointing out the disparity on the social media platform. "There's been a lot of discussion this week about Twitter's perceived bias in India. To be clear, whether it's the development of policies, product features, or enforcement of our rules, we are impartial and do not take action based upon any ideology or political viewpoint," Twitter India said in a statement. The social media giant further added that in its training, they extensively cover topics such as religion and caste to provide teams with necessary local context they need to evaluate content. Regarding the verification process, Twitter India said their public verification process is closed. “While we are reviewing the entire program, on a limited case-by-case basis we do verify public figures who are active in the public conversation,” the company said. See Also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/twitter-accused-of-discriminating-sc-st-and-obcs/articleshow/71917669.cms">Twitter accused of discriminating against SC, ST and OBCs</a>

Twitter India users are leaving to ‘create their own social media’ platform on Mastodon

Microblogging platform Twitter has "withheld" the accounts of Punjabi singer JazzyB, hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion and two others in response to a legal demand in <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>, even as it draws flak over delay in complying with the <keyword id="649076" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-IT-rules">new IT rules</keyword> in the country. According to an information on Lumen database, Twitter received legal request from the Indian government on June 6 for actioning four accounts, including that of JazzyB. Requests received by Twitter for withholding content are published on Lumen database - an independent research project studying cease and desist letters concerning online content. Users checking <keyword id="789829" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Jazzy-B">Jazzy B</keyword>'s account are shown a message saying "account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand". When contacted, a Twitter spokesperson said when it receives a valid legal request, it reviews it under both the <keyword id="3877745" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="twitter-rules">Twitter Rules</keyword> and local law. "If the content violates Twitter Rules, the content will be removed from the service. If it is determined to be illegal in a particular jurisdiction, but not in violation of the Twitter Rules, we may withhold access to the content in India only," the spokesperson added. The spokesperson noted that in all cases, it notifies the account holder directly so that they're aware that the company has received a legal order pertaining to the account. "We notify the user(s) by sending a message to the e-mail address associated with the account(s), if available... Twitter is committed to the principles of openness, transparency, details of the requests to withhold content have been published on Lumen," the spokesperson said. Reports suggest that Jazzy B had frequently tweeted in support of farmers' protests. Earlier this year, more than 500 accounts were suspended and access to hundreds of others in India blocked after the government ordered the microblogging platform to restrain the spread of misinformation and inflammatory content related to farmers' protests. Over the past many months, Twitter has been embroiled in a number of issues. Twitter had drawn flak after it marked several tweets by ruling BJP leaders on an alleged strategy document of the Opposition to target the government over <keyword id="8764262" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="covid">COVID</keyword> as containing 'manipulated media', triggering a sharp rebuke from the government. The row over Twitter's handling of certain messages had recently blown up into all-out war of words between the Centre and the social media platform. Last week, the government issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act. Twitter has an estimated 1.75 crore users in India, as per data cited by the government recently. The new IT rules for social media companies that came into effect last month mandate large platforms like Facebook and Twitter to undertake greater due diligence and make these digital platforms more accountable and responsible for the content hosted by them. The rules also require significant social media intermediaries - providing services primarily in the nature of messaging - to enable identification of the "first originator" of the information that undermines the sovereignty of India, the security of the state, or public order. The new IT rules require significant social media intermediaries - those with other 50 lakh users - to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These personnel are required to be resident in India. Under the new rules, social media companies will have to take down flagged content within 36 hours, and remove within 24 hours content that is flagged for nudity, pornography etc. The Centre had said the new rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms, and offer users a robust forum for grievance redressal. Non-compliance with the rules would result in these platforms losing their intermediary status that provides them immunity from liabilities over any third-party data hosted by them. In other words, they could be liable for criminal action in case of complaints. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/news/apple-wwdc-2021-ios-15-ipados-15-macos-monterey-and-india-specific-announcements/articleshow/83330047.cms">Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, iPadOS 15, macOS Monterey and India-specific announcements</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/heres-why-fuel-prices-in-india-may-not-come-down-in-a-big-way/slidelist/83299743.cms">Here’s why fuel prices in India may not come down in a big way ⁠— at least not this year</a>

Twitter blocks accounts of Punjabi singer JazzyB, hip-hop artist L-Fresh the Lion in response to demand from the Indian government

<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/StartupIndiaStartups-and-investors-are-smiling-their-way-out-of-Vigyan-Bhawan/articleshow/50606389.cms">India’s startups</a> are all out there when it comes to penning a success story. And no doubt, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/OMG-Facebook-visits-Gaffarmarket-in-Delhi-/articleshow/50563615.cms">social media</a> has been a blessing for them. From reaching out to their potential customers to a light banter against their rivals, <keyword id="6362513" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Startups">startups</keyword> in India have done this. And this explains why our startups have been topping the chart when it comes to growing their presence on social media giant <keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword>. 
 
“India is one of Twitter’s fastest-growing <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/StartupIndia-Heres-what-startupreneurs-have-to-say-about-PM-Modis-Startup-India-polices/articleshow/50637620.cms">SMB markets</a> worldwide and, in just four months, is already our third largest SMB market in Asia Pacific, after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/StartupIndia-Standup-India-Softbanks-Masayoshi-Son-ishaving-a-roaring-love-affair-in-India-and-hes-in-no-hurry-to-move-on/articleshow/50601754.cms">Japan</a> and Australia. We’re excited to work with the Indian SMB community to help them achieve their business goals and reach over 320 million Twitter users worldwide,” said Emily Huo, Head of SMB Sales, Asia-Pacific for Twitter. 
 According to a report by the social media giant, the small and medium businesses (<keyword id="417894" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="SMBs">SMBs</keyword>) have been aggressively advertising on Twitter ever since the social networking site launched its self-service ad platform. Twitter opened its self service in September 2015 in about 200 countries including India. 
 
So, what is the USP of the service that SMBs flocked to Twitter to connect with their target audience in India? Well, it’s the budget factor and the fact that Twitter offers myriad of features that have enabled startups to easy accessibility to their consumers. 
 
“Since the self-service ad platform launched in India four months ago, thousands of Indian SMBs have advertised on Twitter and the average monthly spend has grown 60% per SMB advertiser. This makes India one of the fastest-growing SMB markets for Twitter worldwide,” added Huo. 
 
As per the report, Indian SMBs use the platform to primarily meet five business goals: 
 
· Grow their follower base 
· Increase website clicks or conversions 
· Increase Tweet engagements 
· Increase app installs or engagements 
· Find leads on Twitter 
 In some cases, the cost per engagement has been less than $1, which is quite cost-efficient, considering the tight budget that a small enterprise has to its disposal. And this has been cutting across all sector-- be it the <keyword id="436047" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Ecommerce">ecommerce</keyword> or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/Startup-IndiaOla-Cabs-Bhavish-Aggarwal-is-conscious-thatsecurity-is-a-concern-more-measures-need-to-be-taken/articleshow/50602554.cms">transport</a>, sports or finance. 
 
Well, it seems that in an aggressively competitive market, in which several companies are eyeing the same share of the pie, Twitter has turned out be a boon for our SMBs.

Still doubt social networking sites? Indian SMBs are the largest advertiser on Twitter!

The <keyword id="143078" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Union-Ministry">Union Ministry</keyword> of Electronics and IT has sent its <keyword id="2479004" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="final-notice">final notice</keyword> to Twitter over non-compliance of the <keyword id="649076" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="new-IT-rules">new IT rules</keyword> and has again warned of penal action in case the US-headquartered social media platform fails to comply to the norms. The notice sent by the ministry noted that in view of <keyword id="308642" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter-Inc">Twitter Inc</keyword>'s non-compliance with the rules which came into effect on May 26, 2021, "<keyword id="150070" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="consequences">consequences</keyword> follow". "However, as gesture of goodwill, Twitter Inc is hereby given one last notice to immediately comply with the rules, failing which the exemption from liability available under section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 shall stand withdrawn and Twitter shall be liable for consequences as per the IT Act and other penal laws of <keyword id="3658" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>," it said. The ministry said that it is clear from the responses of the company that till date it has not informed about the details of the Chief Compliance Office as required under the Rules. Further, it also said that the Resident Grievance Officer and Nodal Contact Person nominated by the platform are not its employees in India as required under the new rules. "The office address of Twitter Inc as mentioned by you is that of a law firm in India, which is also not as per the rules." It said that the refusal to comply demonstrates Twitter's lack of commitment and efforts towards providing a safe experience for the people of India on its platform. SEE ALSO <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/mobile/news/oneplus-nord-ce-5g-mobile-phone-full-specifications-leaked-days-ahead-of-launch/articleshow/83195375.cms">OnePlus Nord CE 5G full specifications leaked days ahead of launch – heavily inspired by the original Nord</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/top-five-fintech-ideas-that-are-drawing-the-most-amount-of-money/slidelist/83194276.cms">Five fintech ideas that are raking in the most amount of money</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/reliance-industries-rossari-biotech-tata-power-and-other-stocks-to-watch-out-for-on-june-3/slidelist/83193921.cms">Reliance Industries, Rossari Biotech, Tata Power and other stocks to watch out for on June 3</a>

Indian government sends 'one last notice' to Twitter on new IT rules, warns of 'consequences'

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Modi went to visit a museum in China and <keyword id="16032" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Guess">guess</keyword> what? The internet broke. It seemed <keyword id="71" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister">Prime Minister</keyword>’s meeting with Chinese <keyword id="2540" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="President">president</keyword> <keyword id="191809" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Xi-Jinping">Xi Jinping</keyword> isn’t what people on internet were interested about. 
 
Since the morning the some photographs of Modi visiting Qin’s terracotta museum in China were doing rounds in the social media. And the meme generators, pranksters and photoshop pros – all pounced into action. 
 
In case you haven’t seen them yet, here’s the result: 
 
And here’s how to give a statutory ‘dhamki’ 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModiInChina?src=hash">#ModiInChina</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModiAsTheDude?src=hash">#ModiAsTheDude</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BollywoodGandu">@BollywoodGandu</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SnGComedyIN">@SnGComedyIN</a> <a href="http://t.co/KMwLcvhPDC">pic.twitter.com/KMwLcvhPDC</a> — <keyword id="1750092" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Neville-Shah">Neville Shah</keyword> (@craziebawa) <a href="https://twitter.com/craziebawa/status/598738210240364544">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
How to brand India’s strength? 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModiInChina?src=hash">#ModiInChina</a> <a href="http://t.co/SsDT2ZZ24Z">pic.twitter.com/SsDT2ZZ24Z</a> — <keyword id="2851335" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Karima-Khan">Karima Khan</keyword> (@karimasanela) <a href="https://twitter.com/karimasanela/status/598752491820294144">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
No, we don’t have an Indian Agent Smith. But we have 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	 "Tell me, Mr. <keyword id="16745" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Anderson">Anderson</keyword>, what good is an opinion when you are unable to....tweet?" <a href="http://t.co/yUuuDOTa4k">pic.twitter.com/yUuuDOTa4k</a>
	— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbbarSingh/status/598745501140275200">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
And just in case you were too keen on knowing the address 
 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	 "Bro, gimme your <keyword id="6356318" type="POSITION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Dealer">dealer</keyword>'s number" <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SoStoned?src=hash">#SoStoned</a> <a href="http://t.co/Hm57QXjyvk">pic.twitter.com/Hm57QXjyvk</a>
	— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh) <a href="https://twitter.com/GabbbarSingh/status/598722077084950528">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
How can India’s biggest brand <keyword id="143" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bollywood">Bollywood</keyword> be missed? 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		"Kya khoob lagte ho, bade sundar dikhte ho" <a href="http://t.co/la4Does1XM">pic.twitter.com/la4Does1XM</a>
	— Bruce (@GhantaGuy) <a href="https://twitter.com/GhantaGuy/status/598742481061175296">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
Thankfully, these aren’t living. You can’t believe this software called Photoshop! 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		“dat ass, tho” <a href="http://t.co/jBa8iOnSoX">pic.twitter.com/jBa8iOnSoX</a>
	— Overrated Outcast (@over_rated) <a href="https://twitter.com/over_rated/status/598750405158252544">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
<keyword id="6354616" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> summed up #ModiInChina 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ModiInChina?src=hash">#ModiInChina</a> <a href="http://t.co/2ixdfMVmPz">pic.twitter.com/2ixdfMVmPz</a>
	— Twyodor Dostoevsky (@twyodor) <a href="https://twitter.com/twyodor/status/598759169295024128">May 14, 2015</a></blockquote>
Oxygen, water and SRK fans- you find them all over the world 
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en">
	
		my bae is cheating on me with statues, how's your day going <a href="http://t.co/0CqCSXvLq4">pic.twitter.com/0CqCSXvLq4</a>
	— Rega Jha (@RegaJha) <a href="https://twitter.com/RegaJha/status/598763785038336001">May 14, 2015</a> 
	 </blockquote>
(Image source: Twitter)

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#ModiinChina broke Twitter today? Well, this is ‘Make in India’ as well

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword>'s second coronavirus wave has overwhelmed hospitals.</li><li>But the government is focused on censoring discussion of its failures on <keyword id="6354632" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="social-media">social media</keyword>.</li><li>A new law threatens social media employees with prison if firms don't comply with takedown orders.</li></ul>For countless Indians, <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> has been a way to track down medical supplies for friends and family sick with <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword>, as a second wave overwhelmed hospitals.But when one man appealed for oxygen for <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56894757">his sick grandfather</a> in April, he was arrested and charged with spreading misinformation. Authorities in Uttar Pradesh, where the man lived, claimed there was no shortage, dismissing "rumors and propaganda on social media."One head of an NGO in New Delhi, who asked for anonymity for fear of reprisal, told Insider he was called by police and told to shut down a Telegram channel he was running to procure medical supplies for those in need.Authorities have been going after the platforms themselves too. Earlier this week, police went to Twitter's offices in Delhi after the company labelled tweets by ministers from Prime Minister Narendra <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword>'s ruling <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword> party as <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tweets-posted-by-five-more-bjp-politicians-tagged-as-manipulated-media/articleshow/82850940.cms">"manipulated media."</a><div type="image" title="Tweet manipulated media BJP member" height="1084" width="1084" msid="83062766" hostid="261"></div>They are also clamping down on more trivial matters. Last week, the government <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/india-asks-social-media-firms-remove-reference-indian-variant-coronavirus-2021-05-21/">ordered</a> <keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword> and Twitter to remove references to the "Indian variant" of coronavirus - despite the fact the government itself was happy to call<a href="https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1712312"> another variant "South African."</a>Indian authorities' attempts to censor criticism have become more pronounced in recent months.A flashpoint came during anti-government farmers' protests in January, when <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-twitters-india-standoff-dragged-in-journalists-and-activists-2021-2">Twitter refused a government request to permanently ban accounts on free speech grounds</a>.At that time, COVID-19 cases were low and ministers encouraged people to resume normal life. But a more severe second wave struck. Earlier in May, the country set a global record for cases recorded in one day - 414,188 - and its seven-day average of daily cases is still more than 200,000, more than double the peak of the first wave in September.<div type="image" title="India COVID daily cases May 28" height="2400" width="3400" msid="83062768" hostid="261"></div>Ministers have been condemned for not only failing to prepare for second wave, but allowing and even staging mass gatherings. In late April, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook were asked to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-asks-twitter-take-down-some-tweets-critical-its-covid-19-handling-2021-04-24/">censor dozens of tweets and posts</a> that criticized such failures.This week, the standoff is coming to a head. A new law came into force Wednesday that threatens tech companies and their employees with prosecution and potentially imprisonment if they don't comply with takedown orders within 36 hours.Twitter issued a statement Thursday condemning "intimidation tactics" against their employees and the new rules' "potential threat to freedom of expression."The statement vowed to continue a "constructive dialogue with the Indian Government" but added: "We plan to advocate for changes to elements of these regulations that inhibit free, open public conversation."Platforms like Twitter and Facebook have been refuges for dissent in India. <a href="https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/INDIA-2020-HUMAN-RIGHTS-REPORT.pdf">A US State Department report</a> noted in March that Indian government officials were "involved in silencing or intimidating critical media outlets" through physical attacks, pressuring owners, as well as targeting sponsors and "encouraging frivolous lawsuits."Raman Jit Singh Chima, the Asia Policy Director at Access Now, a non-profit promoting digital civil rights, said the government's actions were creating a "chilling impact on free speech."He added the repressive action tended to happen "when they think they are under pressure or come under more online criticism."Pratik Sinha, who founded one of India's leading fact-checking platforms, AltNews, said the government had been content to leave social media alone before the farmers' protests, when it was enjoying praise and <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-indias-farming-protests-didnt-become-covid-superspreader-events-2021-2">India appeared to have avoided a COVID-19 disaster</a>.<div type="image" title="Indian Farmers Protests" height="3322" width="4983" msid="83062773" hostid="261"></div>But Sinha said: "As soon as the narrative changed, people started using the very medium that has benefitted the ruling party for such a long time to voice their discontent ... they don't want these critical voices to come out." "These are clearly diversion tactics that the government is adopting in the middle of a pandemic."Samir Jain, policy director at digital rights think-tank the Center for Democracy and Technology, said threats of imprisonment were akin to "hostage provisions."He added the new rules would "only empower the government to escalate its attempts to stifle legitimate speech and further imperil the future of online free expression in India."Facebook and <keyword id="6355629" type="DEFINITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="google">Google</keyword> have both issued carefully-worded statements in response to the new rules, in contrast to Twitter's strongly-worded response.Google said it would "ensure that we're combating illegal content in an effective and fair way, and in order to comply with local laws in the jurisdictions that we operate in."A Facebook spokesperson told Insider that the company would "comply with the provisions of the IT rules and continue to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with the government."<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/25/whatsapp-sues-india-government/">WhatsApp, which belongs to Facebook, is suing the government</a>, saying the rules would allow authorities to trace the source of messages, a violation of the app's end-to-end encryption.Senior BJP member of parliament and former party vice-president Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, whose tweet was among those labelled "manipulated media" by Twitter, told Insider in a statement: "The refusal and reluctance of social media platforms to abide by the rules and regulations made applicable by the government is inexplicable.""Law of the land is supreme and nobody can disregard India's constitution," he added."Besides, the opaqueness of their algorithms and lack of transparency in their decision making makes their case of taking a unilateral decision of flagging some Tweets totally undemocratic."India is a robust and institutionalized democracy and the Government cannot allow any company to take us for granted."AltNews's Sinha said the government could not continue to suppress its failures over the pandemic."People are grieving. There's anger," he added. "You can't just suppress anger, it's bound to come out."

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