After Elon Musk takeover, India says it expects Twitter to comply with local rules

NEW DELHI: Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter will not change India’s expectation that it will comply with the country’s rules for such companies, a government minister said on Friday, adding that India’s new IT rules would be out in days.

Twitter in July asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to remove content from the platform.

Over the past two years, Indian authorities have asked the company to act on content such as accounts supportive of an independent Sikh state, posts alleged to have spread misinformation about protests by farmers, and tweets critical of the government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.