After several orders from the Indian government, Twitter, on Wednesday, announced that it has suspended more than 500 Twitter accounts of notable individuals and is taking action to reduce the visibility of certain hashtags in the country. Although the accounts will be visible in foreign countries, they would be blocked in India, as per Twitter.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) of India, in response to Twitter’s blog post, said, “Upon the request of Twitter seeking a meeting with the Govt., the Secretary IT was to engage with senior management of Twitter. In this light a blog post published prior to this engagement is unusual. Govt. will share its response soon.”
