Twitter declined ‘a number of orders’ from Indian government, company says

NEW DELHI: Micro-blogging giant Twitter said it has “declined a number of orders” from the Indian government, which the company didn’t agree with, and thought were in violation of Indian and international law, targeting very particular journalists or activists, etc.

“Those accounts and tweets, in many instances have remained on the platform,” said Vijaya Gadde, chief legal officer at Twitter, adding that it’s a “very delicate balance to draw”. She was speaking at the RightCon 2021 conference on 10 June.

“From a purely legal perspective, litigation is one tool and it’s not always the best tool, it’s a very blunt tool. If you don’t know the outcome, you can be taking some pretty big risks with your enforcement and policy,” she said.