Monday, July 11, 2022

#INDIA: Twitter Sues Gov't Over Free Speech

[world politics news]


Twitter announced that it has launched a lawsuit against the Indian government, the latest salvo in an ongoing fight over the country's aggressive speech laws. The suit comes after Twitter was ordered to remove a number of accounts and posts that violate India's obscenity and defamation laws, The New York Times first reported. 

Twitter has now removed the posts, but it is seeking court protection from such orders in the future, citing free speech.

[FULL STORY HERE]

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