Twitter creator and co-founder Jack Dorsey says that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, attempted to force Twitter to shut its doors in the country.
claimed that the Indian government, led by Narendra Modi, attempted to force Twitter to shut its doors in the country.platform in 2021, discussed the situation on YouTube news show Breaking Points, explaining that there was an issue with specific posts around the Indian farmers protests in 2020-2021. Dorsey said the country wanted posts by certain journalists who were “critical of the government” removed.
“It manifested in ways such as: ‘We will shut Twitter down in India,’ which is a very large market for us,” he said. “‘We will raid the homes of your employees,’ which they did. ‘We will shut down your offices if you don’t follow suit.’ And this is India, a democratic country.” Jack Dorsey, former Twitter CEO alleges that during the farmer protest Indian govt pressurized us and said we will shut down Twitter in India, raid the homes of your employees if you don’t listen to us.
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