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New Delhi: A stalemate between Twitter and the government over so-called ‘Pakistani-Khalistani’ handles allegedly spreading misinformation about farmer protests may come to an end soon as the microblogging platform has removed almost half the accounts and tweets it was ordered to block, officials said. “We can see that the company has started to take action,” a senior government official told ET. Out of 257 Twitter URLs (uniform resource locators), or accounts, related to the hashtag ‘farmer genocide’ that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had asked Twitter to block on January 31, 126 aren't working, officials familiar with the matter said. Out of the second list of 1,178 Twitter accounts flagged by security agencies as those of Khalistan sympathisers or backed by Pakistan, which the government asked Twitter to remove on February 4, 583 are no longer working, they said. Twitter’s move comes after the government warned the US social media … [Read more...] about Twitter moves closer to ending standoff with government, blocks many accounts

NEW DELHI: India's top court on Friday asked for the government and Twitter 's response to a petition seeking greater regulation of content on social media platforms amid a debate over free speech . The case comes during a growing standoff between Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's Hindu nationalist government and Twitter, after the company refused to fully comply with orders to remove certain accounts that were critical of the government's handling of monthslong farmer protests. Twitter said on Wednesday it won't suspend accounts of news organizations, journalists, activists and politicians, citing its "principles of defending protected speech and freedom of expression." But Twitter did suspend hundreds of accounts only in India after the government identified those it says have been spreading misinformation and provocative content linked to farmers who are protesting agricultural laws since November on the outskirts of New Delhi. The petition was filed by Vinit Goenka, … [Read more...] about India’s top court tackles social media in free speech case

India, China agree to return to pre-April 2020 positions in eastern Ladakh China and India have agreed to return to the pre-April 2020 positions in Eastern Ladakh along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) , according to the latest disengagement plan being implemented on the ground, The Hindu has learned. India will do its best to facilitate COVID-19 vaccines sought by Canada: PM Modi assures Trudeau Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday assured his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau that India would do its best to facilitate supplies of COVID vaccines sought by Canada. Joe Biden orders sanctions against Myanmar after military coup US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered new sanctions against the military regime in Myanmar, taking action after the military this month staged a coup in the Southeast Asian country and arrested de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior politicians. Donald Trump impeachment trial | Trump ‘inciter in chief’ of Capitol … [Read more...] about Morning digest: India, China agree to return to pre-April 2020 positions in eastern Ladakh; Modi assures Canadian PM on supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, and more

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