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Twitter, Facebook and others remove nearly 100 posts after govt order

Twitter removed or restricted access to more than 50 posts in the past one month at the behest of the government, including tweets that criticized its handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Other posts removed showed pictures and videos of a recent Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh. 

Apr 25, 2021, 20:30 PM IST

Twitter removes 50 tweets critical of India's COVID management post govt’s order

The data available on Lumen database shows that the micro-blogging platform has deleted more than 50 tweets that belonged to people like Revanth Reddy, an MP from Telangana; Moloy Ghatak, a West Bengal state minister; two filmmakers; an actor, and others.

Apr 25, 2021, 15:57 PM IST