Ex-Twitter CEO Dorsey alleges pressure from India, Centre denies claims

In an interview with a YouTube channel, former Twitter chief executive officer (CEO) Jack Dorsey claimed that India had put pressure on the micro-blogging platform, including giving threats of winding it down and conducting raids on employees’ homes if it refused to take action against certain accounts during the 2021 farmers’ protest. The Centre has denied these allegations.

During an interview with Breaking Points late on Monday, Dorsey said that the threats came as Twitter refused to comply with the government’s demands to block accounts during the farmers’ protests in early 2021.

“We would raid the homes of your employees’, which they did. We will shut down your offices if you don’t follow suit.