Demonstrators in New Delhi shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of climate change activist Disha Ravi for allegedly helping to create a guide for anti-government farmers protests. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images Demonstrators in New Delhi shout slogans during a protest against the arrest of climate change activist Disha Ravi for allegedly helping to create a guide for anti-government farmers protests. Sajjad Hussain/AFP via Getty Images On Feb. 1, the editor of an award-winning Indian magazine got a call from his social media manager: The magazine’s Twitter account was down. “I said, ‘Are you sure? Can you just refresh, and check again?'” recalled Vinod K. Jose, executive editor of The Caravan, which covers politics and culture. “But she said, ‘No, no, it’s real.'” Jose went online, and instead of The Caravan’s tweets, he saw a message: “withheld in India in response to a legal demand.” It was one of more than 500 accounts – belonging to Indian activists, opposition politicians and media – that Twitter blocked that week, on orders from the Indian government. Days earlier, farmers who’d been rallying for months against the deregulation of Indian agriculture clashed…
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Twitter In Standoff With India's Government Over Free Speech And Local Law
