Government officials, business people and ordinary netizens are split over free speech and the US company's compliance practices, in a controversy that comes soon after Twitter's top lobbyist in India resigned. "Twitter is playing with fire," said an Indian social media executive who was surprised by the company's non-compliance. Calling the showdown "inevitable", the Hindu newspaper said in a Friday editorial: "Provocative posts have no place on any platform, (but) free speech should not be hit." Prasanth Sugathan of Software Freedom Law Center India, said, "The selective government approach to ask social media companies to ban content when it doesn't suit the official narrative is problematic. "It stifles free speech and press freedom."

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2021 10:07 UTC