Twitter Agrees To Block Tweets Critical Of India's Government's COVID-19 Response
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As India struggles with new COVID-19 surge, the nation's government and Twitter take action against criticism.
As India reels from a massive surge in cases of COVID-19 that’s crippling the nation, Twitter has agreed to block tweets critical of the government’s handing of the pandemic, Buzzfeed reported Saturday. The government on Thursday ordered Twitter to block 52 critical tweets, and Twitter complied, according to Buzzfeed. Blocked posts reportedly included those from a state minister, an opposition member of the Indian Parliament, filmmakers, an actor, two journalists and other citizens. This is one of the tweets that have been blocked in India:More Related News