X blocks posts in India after election commission order

Social media platform X has blocked posts in India involving political speech following orders from the country’s election commission ahead of upcoming polls, the company said late on Tuesday.

“In compliance with the orders, we have withheld these posts for the remainder of the election period,” X said in a statement.

Despite complying, X expressed disagreement with the action and maintained that “freedom of expression should extend to these posts and political speech in general.”

badbytes,

When private companies act so bad, they get converted into a utility.

seedd,

X is govt’s little bitch. They regularly promote ruling party’s propaganda agents, ban accounts that counter that propaganda. I deleted twitter long time ago. There is not a single instance in which elon has said no to our cheap wannabe dictator modi

Caligvla,
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X is govt’s little bitch.

Unless the government in question is left leaning, then it’s all about fReEdUmB oF sPeEcH and eThIcS.

FlyingSquid,
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“Free speech absolutist.”

“Digital town square.”

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