[HN Gopher] Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts C...
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       Free Speech Twitter Is Now Globally Blocking Posts Critical of
       Indian Government
        
       Author : mdhb
       Score  : 37 points
       Date   : 2023-04-11 21:04 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.techdirt.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.techdirt.com)
        
       | throw-4e451c8 wrote:
       | Musk haters^Wcritics: Do you think Twitter instead should block
       | India?
        
         | smt88 wrote:
         | Twitter can do nothing and allow Indians to use Twitter. India
         | would block Twitter, not the other way around.
         | 
         | No one would have to be a "Musk hater" if he didn't prove
         | himself to be a serial liar with no principles. Mark Zuckerberg
         | is a soulless void of greed, but at least he never called
         | himself a "free speech absolutist" or criticized anyone else
         | for their stance on free speech. He lives in a gray area, which
         | is where all people and organizations have to live.
        
           | throw-4e451c8 wrote:
           | Afaik Twitter still has one office left in India so there is
           | some leverage against local directors etc.
           | 
           | https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/elon-
           | mu...
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           |  _Twitter Inc. has shut two of its three India offices ..._
        
         | kadoban wrote:
         | Does Musk care about censorship or not? It sure seems like he
         | cares only when it's convenient for him.
         | 
         | Twitter should fight against this censorship, and if needed
         | apply the minumum amount, which would almost certainly not be a
         | _global_ block. They have geo blocks for exactly this purpose.
        
       | daviddever23box wrote:
       | The easiest way to address this, schadenfreude or not, is to
       | banner the site with a disclaimer, i.e., "Some content may not be
       | available in India due to local moderation requirements."
        
         | advisedwang wrote:
         | This article seems to be about not showing the content
         | _globally_. It's more than just "not available in India".
        
       | vinaypai wrote:
       | What is the actual tweet that is being "withheld globally"? It's
       | impossible to fairly judge who's in the right here without
       | knowing that.
       | 
       | Shouldn't this info be published elsewhere if it's actually that
       | important?
        
         | matthewdgreen wrote:
         | They're in this article and seem pretty harmless to me (AKA
         | someone who can't judge the politics):
         | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-po...
        
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