The central government has issued a notice against Twitter on Wednesday. In the notice, the government has asked to follow the order to remove the content/accounts related to its farmer massacre hashtag. According to PTI, Twitter has unblocked accounts, tweets despite the order. Twitter may have to face action for not following the government’s order.
According to PTI, government sources said that Twitter unilaterally blocked accounts and tweets despite the order to block them. Twitter is an intermediary and to follow the government’s directive Is bound It has been said with this that the platform may have to face action for not following the government order.
More than half a dozen Supreme Court rulings have been mentioned in the government notice, which includes constitutional benches. It talks about what is public order and what are the rights of the authorities.
Sources in the IT ministry emphasized that Twitter cannot justify not following the court’s role.