Jack Dorsey Alleges Indian Govt Threatened To Shut Down Twitter, Raid Employees
However, the India n government completely denied these allegations, calling it an “outright lie.” According to the India n government, Jack Dorsey and his Twitter team repeatedly violated India n laws and failed to comply from 2020 to 2022. Misinformation and fake news on social media platforms like Twitter ignited violence during the protests. Former IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “At the time, Twitter didn’t comply with India n laws. It is clear that all social media platforms are respected in India but they have to abide by the law of the land.” Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slams Jack Dorsey , revealing no one was raided or sent to jail. Twitter operated normally and was never shut down. The social media platform only complied in June 2022 after similar events happened in the U.S. Twitter restored blocked accounts after a few hours, claiming block accounts belonging to media companies, journalists, activists, and politicians violate...