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Navdeep Yadav

India Refutes Jack Dorsey’s Claim Of Censorship Requests

Farmers shout slogans as they protest against the state government to demand canal water for irrigation in Amritsar on May 29, 2023. NARINDER NANU/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

India strongly refuted Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey‘s claim of receiving “numerous requests” from the government to censor accounts critical of the administration and those covering the farmers’ protests while also issuing threats to block the micro-blogging site in the country.

What Happened: India’s Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday called the former Twitter CEO’s comment an “outright lie.”

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