Twitter restricts account display for Indian activists and journalists related to 'farmer demos'
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In India, there is a large-scale “farmer demonstration” by farmers over the new law on the liberalization of agricultural trade, which was passed in September 2020. Meanwhile, it was reported that Twitter restricted the accounts of activists, farmers' organizations, and journalists who tweeted about farmers' demonstrations in India.
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Twitter restores Caravan, Kisan Ekta Morcha and other accounts hours after withholding them
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In India, a new law to liberalize agricultural trade was passed in September 2020, removing the existing restrictions on sales channels for agricultural trade. The Indian government claims that the new law 'provides farmers with the opportunity to sell their produce directly to private companies,' but many farmers argue that 'agricultural products are bought and threaten their lives.' It repelled.
The government, which had been in talks with farmers, offered a concession to freeze the new law for a year and a half, and the Supreme Court also took steps to suspend the new law, but farmers' protests calling for the complete abolition of the new law have subsided. not. On January 26, 2021, Republic Day, India's Independence Day, a group of farmers boarded a tractor in the capital, New Delhi, to conduct demonstrations. It is said that the barricade was destroyed and collided with the police, and was suppressed using tear gas.
Indian farmer demonstrators clash with police in the capital Suppressed with tear gas | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/india-republicday-farmers-idJPKBN29V0VB
Meanwhile, about 250 Twitter accounts such as farmers' organizations, activists, media, and lawmakers who conducted tweets and RTs to support farmers' demonstrations were temporarily hidden in India. Accounts with restricted display in India included
Twitter accounts of Kisan Ekta Morcha and The Caravan, whose display is restricted in India, will be displayed as 'Account Withheld' when accessed from within India, and will be restricted in India by legal request. It was shown to be. In addition, it seems that some of the blocked accounts were not directly related to this farmer's demonstration and were mistakenly blocked with another account.
It is said that this display restriction measure is based on a legal request by the
Samyukta Kisan Morcha, a coalition of agricultural unions that led the protest, said, 'The government does not want the facts to reach the farmers who are protesting. They are afraid of farmers' cooperation at different protest points. It's undemocratic and illegal, 'he said, accusing the government of moving and Twitter's response.
In addition, the account display restriction was lifted in a few hours, and at the time of article creation, the account display was restored. The reason for this account recovery has not been revealed, but India Today Tech, an Indian tech media, has re-reviewed the decision by Twitter headquarters, which was reported on account display restrictions and pursued on SNS. He states that he may have restored his account.
A Twitter spokeswoman responded to India Today Tech's inquiry by saying, 'In some cases, we may have to refrain from accessing content in a particular country if we receive a valid and appropriate range of requests from authorized agencies. Commented. Twitter has stated that it has a policy to notify affected accounts about restricted content, but the Caravan editor-in-chief Vinod K Jose, who has now been restricted from viewing accounts, said that Twitter notifications Claims not.
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