New Delhi, Feb 1 (Ians) Twitter on Monday suspended several accounts of high-profile celebrities and organisations, including actor Sushant Singh, Caravan magazine, Kisan Ekta Morcha, Tractor2twitr and several other politicians, farmer leaders, writers and activists, at the behest of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for spreading misinformation during the farmers' protests.
The It ministry and law enforcement agencies had last week ordered Twitter to block these tweets and accounts under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
According to Twitter, the company blocked these accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal request from the MeitY pending discussions with them.
A Twitter spokesperson said that many countries have laws that may apply to Tweets and/or Twitter account content.
"In our continuing effort to make our services available to people everywhere, if we receive a properly scoped request from an authorised entity, it may be...
The It ministry and law enforcement agencies had last week ordered Twitter to block these tweets and accounts under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act.
According to Twitter, the company blocked these accounts in the interim in response to a valid legal request from the MeitY pending discussions with them.
A Twitter spokesperson said that many countries have laws that may apply to Tweets and/or Twitter account content.
"In our continuing effort to make our services available to people everywhere, if we receive a properly scoped request from an authorised entity, it may be...
- 2/1/2021
- by IANS
- GlamSham
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