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Govt comes down heavily on Twitter, says lawful orders binding on any biz

 Twitter said it has taken steps to reduce the visibility of hashtags containing harmful content, which included prohibiting them from trending on Twitter and appearing as recommended search terms

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The government expects Twitter to fully comply with its legal notice in the matter of taking down accounts that were tweeting “ince­ndiary” hashtags related to the ongoing farmers’ protests. After a marathon meeting of top Twitter executives with officials in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday, the government, in a strongly worded statement, said that “lawfully passed orders are binding on any business entity”.

MeitY Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, while stating that Twitter was welcome to do business in India, expressed strong displeasure to the executives of the American firm over the way it acted after an emergency order was issued to remove the genocide- related hashtag, according to the statement. ‘’Misuse of Twitter’s platform for execution of such campaigns designed to create disharmony and unrest in India is unacceptable and Twitter must take strong action against such well-coordinated campaigns against India,’’ it added.

The Twitter leadership affirmed its commitment to follow Indian law, the statement said. Earlier, Twitter had, in a blog post, said it was exploring options under Indian law. The government had asked Twitter to take down content with the hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide. MeitY gave Twitter blocking orders under Section 69A of the IT Act. “After we communicated this to MeitY, we were served with a non-compliance notice,” the blog post by Twitter Safety said.


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