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News Reports

Not a farmer or ordinary person unfamiliar with law: Karnataka High Court dismisses Twitter’s petition against Indian govt, imposes a cost of ₹50 lakhs

OpIndia Staff - 30 June, 2023

Twitter alleged that account-level blocking by the Indian government is supposedly a 'disproportionate measure', which somehow violates the rights of users as ensured by the Indian Constitution.

News Reports

Rana Ayyub cries victim after her incendiary tweet on Gyanvapi survey is withheld in India, judge giving survey order had received death threats

OpIndia Staff - 27 June, 2022

The Varanasi judge who had ordered the videography of the Gyanvapi 'mosque' had received death threats after the Shivling was discovered inside the premises.

Social Media

Delhi police delete tweet about arresting man for possession of firecrackers, block netizens who mocked them

OpIndia Staff - 5 November, 2021

People called into question the ineffectiveness of the police in preventing the infamous Republic Day riots and the mayhem created by the farmer protestors.

Politics

Twitter locks Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account amidst tussle with Indian Govt, IT Minister accuses platform of violating more laws: Details

OpIndia Staff - 25 June, 2021

Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad posted a tweet saying something highly peculiar happened to his Twitter account.

Media

India Today blocks Twitter users questioning them over Hathras Tape where their journalist was caught tutoring victim’s family

OpIndia Staff - 3 October, 2020

After being left red-faced over the Hathras Tapes yesterday, India Today now seems to be taking offence at netizens questioning them and blocking anyone they can

Law

Following suo motu contempt notice by SC, Twitter withholds tweets of Prashant Bhushan where he tarnished image of CJI Bobde

OpIndia Staff - 25 July, 2020

Advocate Sajan Poovayya, representing Twitter Inc. in the apex court, informed that a tweet is deleted only after a Court order and clarified that 'withholding tweets' did not imply 'deletion of tweets'.

Opinions

True Indology speaks out, hits out on the horde of perpetrators who violated his religious beliefs

Guest Author - 1 May, 2019

Popular Twitter user True Indology, who prefers to stay anonymous, hits out on those who got his account suspended

Media

Here is why #DarpokAbhisar is trending on Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 22 January, 2019

'Journalist' Abhisar Sharma abuses Twitter users over DMs and then blocks them.

News Reports

Twitter locks account of True Indology as it exposed NDTV’s distorted claims of communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir

OpIndia Staff - 20 January, 2019

Questioning the so-called Hindu-Muslim harmony in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, True Indology said that one-dimensional harmony of Hindus towards Muslims meant ethnic cleansing.

Law

Twitter informs critics of radical Islam that they have broken Pakistani laws

OpIndia Staff - 4 December, 2018

Australian Muslim scholar Imam Tawhidi and Ensaf Haider, wife of jailed Saudi dissident Raif Badawi received notices from Twitter

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