X has received executive orders from the Indian government requiring X to block over 8,000 accounts in India, subject to potential penalties including significant fines and imprisonment of the company’s local employees. The orders include demands to block access in India to accounts belonging to international news organizations and prominent X users.
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X is exploring all possible legal avenues available to the company. Unlike users located in India, X is restricted by Indian law in its ability to bring legal challenges against these executive orders. However, we encourage all users who are impacted by these blocking orders to seek appropriate relief from the courts.
I don’t use X, and I’ve heard some really shitty things about the corruption in Indian government. Screw all of them, imho
i mean im not saying. im pro Sikh either, but Indias response and justification for the Assassination of Singh Nijjar was pretty fucked up, even if he didnt have the cleanest of histories.
in other words, even if musk didn’t want to have them blocked, he couldn’t do much about it without bribing everyone who gave the orders or something drastic like that
He can always take the principled stance and remove access to the entire platform in India instead, which would make the censorship attempts painstakingly noticeable, and may incentivise users to ask for a change in policy and/or use VPNs for unfettered access. I doubt Musk will do that.
in other words, even if musk didn’t want to have them blocked
Why do you go straight to anti-Musk conspiracy theories? This has been X’s - and Elon Musks - position from the start. It’s the very reason why he bought Twitter in the first place - to stop the erosion of free speech on social media.
It’s the very reason why he bought Twitter in the first place - to stop the erosion of free speech on social media.
you know I thought I misread that for a moment and I thought you meant to say that he wanted to erode free speech, but that’s not what ur saying
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anti-musk conspiracy theories
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You specifically made out that Musk would want this censorship, which flies against every action we have seen from him.
Oh yay, more disingenuous clickbait. The full quote was this:
Musk defended his decision, arguing that “the choice is have Twitter throttled in its entirety or limit access to some tweets.”
So the choice was either do what they ordered or take the whole site down for the whole country…… and you think he made the wrong choice?
I swear no one on Lemmy can read past a headline, and they instantly believe it if it suits their agenda.
He could have tried to fight the order, that’s what the previous management used to do.
Aha, I see, irony.
By “every action” you mean “no again.”
What specifically in there is about musk being pro censorship?
If you don’t want to see it, you’re not going to.
