On Twitter Ex CEO's Government Pressure Charge, Minister's Sharp Rejoinder
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In a tweet, Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar called it an "outright lie by Jack Dorsey, perhaps an attempt to brush out a dubious period of Twitter's history".
The government today reacted sharply to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey's allegation of "many requests from India" to block accounts critical of the government and those covering farmers' protests. This is an outright lie by @jack - perhaps an attempt to brush out that very dubious period of twitters historyFacts and truth@twitter undr Dorsey n his team were in repeated n continuous violations of India law. As a matter of fact they were in non-compliance with law... https://t.co/SlzmTcS3Fa
In a tweet, Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar called it an "outright lie by Jack Dorsey, perhaps an attempt to brush out a dubious period of Twitter's history".
In an interview to YouTube channel Breaking Points on Monday, Jack Dorsey was asked if he had faced any pressure from foreign governments.
He replied: "India, for example. India is one of the countries which had many requests around farmers protests, around particular journalists which were critical of the government, and it manifested in ways such as 'we will shut Twitter down in India'... 'we would raid the homes of your employees', which they did; 'we will shut down your offices if you don't follow suit'. And this is India, a democratic country."
