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Govt comes down heavily on Twitter, says lawful orders binding on any biz

Twitter said it has taken steps to reduce the visibility of hashtags containing harmful content, which included prohibiting them from trending on Twitter and appearing as recommended search terms

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The government had asked Twitter to take down content with the hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide

Neha Alawadhi New Delhi
The government expects Twitter to fully comply with its legal notice in the matter of taking down accounts that were tweeting “ince­ndiary” hashtags related to the ongoing farmers’ protests. After a marathon meeting of top Twitter executives with officials in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Wednesday, the government, in a strongly worded statement, said that “lawfully passed orders are binding on any business entity”.

MeitY Secretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney, while stating that Twitter was welcome to do business in India, expressed strong displeasure to the executives of the American firm over the way it acted after

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