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India threatened to shut down Twitter over farmers' protest | Dt Next

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey made a startling revelation during an interview, and said that the Indian government had threatened to shut down Twitter in India, raid the homes of Twitter employees, and close down Twitter offices if the company did not comply with its requests. Twitter had received numerous requests from the Indian government to block accounts related to the farmers' protests and those critical of the government. Dorsey described these actions as an infringement on freedom of expression in a democratic country like India.

Dorsey, who quit his Twitter CEO role in 2021, a year before it was purchased by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022, was referring to the year-long protest organised by farmers over the now-repealed farm laws. The stir was called off in late 2021 after the Centre granted concessions regarding certain laws.

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