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Indian Government orders censoring of accounts on X (x.com)
submitted 16 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.

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[–] untakenusername 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

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.