Unaware Why Twitter Removed Tweets On BBC Documentary Critical Of Modi: Elon Musk
Elon Musk recently gave an impromptu interview to BBC about Twitter, the mistakes made since his $44 billion takeover, and also about the state of social media laws in India. During the conversation, Musk acknowledged how "many mistakes" were made at Twitter with him as the company's CEO.
In addition, Musk also referred to the BBC documentary that was blocked in India by the government in January, 2023. The documentary questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots which cited a previously unpublished report that held Modi "directly responsible" for the violence that took place.?
In 2013, a Supreme Court panel said that there was not enough evidence to prosecute Modi.
What led to the ban?
When the two-part documentary was released in January, it created a furore on social media. The Indian government responded by blocking multiple Tweets that had bits of the documentary. Sharing any clips of the same on social media was also prohibited under this ban.
Now, Musk has acknowledged the ban, saying that he is "not aware of this particular situation... don't know what exactly happened with some content situation in India."
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He added that "the rules in India for what can appear on social media are quite strict and we can't go beyond the laws of the country." Referring to Twitter's compliance with India's laws, Elon Musk said that "if we have a choice of either our people go to prison [sic] or we comply with the laws, we will comply with the laws."
On various occasions, the Indian government has asked Twitter to take down content that is critical of the leadership. These Tweets included posts that were alleged to have been spreading misinformation about protests by farmers and other Tweets that questioned the government's Covid-19 response.
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