Twitter’s recent filings with a third party database reveals that the Union ministry of information and broadcasting directed the social media platform to censor 50 tweets carrying a link to the new BBC documentary about the 2002 Gujarat communal violence citing legal grounds. The ministry cited Rule 16(3) of the IT Rules [PDF] and Section 69(A) of IT Act, 2000 to ask for removal of the posts. https://thewire.in/media/from-john-cusack-to-prashant-bhushan-modi-government-cites-emergency-to-censor-2002-riot-tweets
22/01/2023