"Weaponisation Of Disinformation...": Government On 'Twitter Files'
NDTV
Investigative reports called "Twitter Files" have revealed that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics -- all in secret, without informing users.
The weaponisation of disinformation in the name of free speech by Twitter has now come to a grinding halt and it is completely unacceptable in India, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Friday.
He said that with "Twitter Files" revelations, there is evidence that the platform was being misused and the platform was acting absolutely discriminately against different people.
"This revelation shows that the platform was not only actively involved in whose content went where but also involved in shaping end result conversation. This weaponisation of disinformation in the name of free speech comes to a grinding halt," Mr Chandrasekhar told reporters.
Investigative reports called "Twitter Files" have revealed that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavoured tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics -- all in secret, without informing users.
