Twitter takedown request not for criticism but fake news: Govt sources

While Medianama reported that Twitter complied with govt requests and censored 52 tweets, the posts have been withheld in India only

Twitter India's compliance of takedown requests for tweets that allegedly criticised the government's handling of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic continued to be a discussion point through the weekend. Government sources, however, said these tweets were spreading misinformation and using old images to amplify the current wave of the pandemic.

Medianama reported on Saturday that Twitter complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets, including posts by Member of Parliament Revanth Reddy, West Bengal minister Moloy Ghatak, actor Vineet Kumar Singh and filmmakers Vinod Kapri and Avinash Das.

Twitter made a public disclosure about the legal requests to