After Twitter, Facebook and others remove posts after govt order

New Delhi: Microblogging site Twitter recently removed around 50 posts and URLs that were ordered to be taken down by the Indian government. Other social media platforms like Facebook have also removed 50 posts. The posts that have been taken down were reportedly criticizing the government for poor handling of the Covid-19 crisis in the country amid the second wave of the pandemic.

According to a report by PTI, Twitter has claimed that it has notified the impacted account holders of its action taken in response to a legal request from the Indian government. However, Facebook did not comment on the issue.