How Twitter, which partnered with India's BJP on an e-governance tool, ended up in BJP's crosshairs as the party went on the defensive against online criticism
“What's happening in India right now is the most important battle for the future of freedom of expression online,” says @evelyndouek in this insightful piece by @NilChristopher and @_meher on @restofworld https://restofworld.org/...
“By the time Delhi police raided Twitter's offices last week, legal requests against the platform had become the norm.” A good timeline of how things got so bad in India v. Platforms, aka the most important battle for the future of online free speech rn https://restofworld.org/..…
Last week, dramatic images of a police raid at Twitter's offices in Delhi were splashed across the local news. @NilChristopher and I take a look at how the platform went from Modi's favorite to caught in the crosshairs https://restofworld.org/...
How India fell in, then out of love with Twitter Once a favorite tool to rally public support, Twitter has increasingly become a thorn in the side of Modi's administration because of its resistance in shutting down opposition voices. Story w/t @_meher https://restofworld.org/...
“What's happening in India right now is the most important battle for the future of freedom of expression online.” How Twitter fell from grace in India https://restofworld.org/... — by @NilChristopher & @_meher