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Elon Musk's X sues Indian government over content removal in new censorship dispute

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X, the social media company owned by Elon Musk, has filed a lawsuit against the Indian government, alleging that it created a "censorship portal" last year.

  1. IN
    Rajeev Chandrasekhar
    Bharatiya Janata Party
    1. India is a country where the law applies to everybody. X is within its right to go to court.
  2. IN
    Apar Gupta
    Internet Freedom Foundation
    1. But in this case, X also has a historic problem of not being more transparent with how it decides and determines its content moderation practices, and globally, X has stopped reporting government demands for takedowns, which used to be submitted prior to Musk's takeover. So X definitely is no model corporate actor in a way either.
    2. Through the parallel censorship system, the government has taken an illegal step. There is merit to the claim being made by X in this instance.
  3. IN
    Raman Chima
    Access Now
    1. Keeping Musk happy seems to be a priority of the Indian government over the last few weeks in terms of its commercial and diplomatic conversations in the United States.
    2. This is the first aggressive, clear action by a U.S. tech actor in the last two years on the deteriorating censorship and digital authoritarian situation in India.
  4. IN
    Shashank Reddy
    Evam Law & Policy
    1. While India would like to protect its strongman image, they would like to do it in a way that won't upset the current American leadership, which they have made their high priority.
    2. This is no longer a single, simple issue about the interpretation of a specific section of law.
  5. IN
    Harsh V Pant
    Observer Research Foundation
    1. Given how difficult it is to distinguish between Musk and Trump, I think it should be seen in that context.

sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.The Washington Post
  3. 3.Al Jazeera
  4. 4.Asian News International
  5. 5.Washington Post

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Tech industry
  3. 3.Lawsuit
  4. 4.Regulation
  5. 5.Social Media
  6. 6.Freedom of Speech
  7. 7.Billionaire
  8. 8.US-India relations
  9. 9.Twitter Takeover by Elon Musk
  10. 10.India under Modi
  11. 11.Indian Foreign Policy
  12. 12.Indian Politics

countries

  1. 1.IndiaIN
  2. 2.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.Twitter/XUS
  2. 2.TeslaUS
  3. 3.eMarketer
  4. 4.StarlinkUS
  5. 5.Hindus
  6. 6.Sahyog
  7. 7.Access Now
  8. 8.Bharatiya Janata Party
  9. 9.FacebookUS
  10. 10.Internet Freedom Foundation
  11. 11.MeitYIN
  12. 12.Observer Research Foundation

persons

  1. 1.Elon MuskUS
  2. 2.Narendra ModiIN
  3. 3.Kate Conger
  4. 4.Vijaya Gadde
  5. 5.Apar GuptaIN
  6. 6.Donald TrumpUS
  7. 7.Harsh V PantIN
  8. 8.Rajeev ChandrasekharIN
  9. 9.Raman ChimaIN
  10. 10.Shashank ReddyIN

technicals

  1. 1.Grok
  2. 2.Information Technology Act
  3. 3.Section 79 (3)(b)
  4. 4.Kumbh Mela
  5. 5.Section 69A