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The petition said that social media platforms such as Twitter are being used to amplify activities against the spirit of India

Although Twitter registered an operating income of $27 million, it showed a net loss due to interest and tax liabilities

As per the 'fact checkers', Twitter has scored a 'self goal' by not adhering to the government's directives to remove objectionable content

Recently, Twitter had refused to comply with the orders of Indian government stating that they will not block the accounts of politicians.

Many raised questions over the 'Chinese' investor in Koo. However, Koo founder Aprameya cleared the doubts.

The centre has made it clear that Twitter has to remove anti-India and Khalistani accounts, especially those accounts which posted hate speech on the platform.

Twitter has decided to defy an order by India to block or remove 1,178 accounts from the social media website

"Make money, but you will have to abide by Indian laws and the Constitution", said IT Minister RS Prasad in Parliament

Interestingly, the Modi government has chosen to issue this particular statement on the relatively new app - 'Koo', which itself it is a testament that the government is not happy with the defiance showed by a foreign private entity like Twitter.

In 2018, few weeks after Twitter chief Jack Dorsey had admitted that his employees have a left-leaning bias, Kaul had started deleting her own tweets which exposed her own political bias.