Lawmakers and rights activists say removals risk people’s health and harms freedom of speech
The removal of dozens of tweets seen to be critical of the Indian government’s handling of the
Coronavirus pandemic is putting people’s health at risk and quashing dissent, according to lawmakers and
Human Rights activists.
Twitter withheld some tweets after a legal request by the Indian government, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Saturday. These included tweets from a lawmaker, a minister in the state of West Bengal, and a film-maker.