The United States on Wednesday reaffirmed its commitment to supporting democratic values, while responding to Twitter blocking certain accounts in India on the government’s orders, for allegedly spreading misinformation about the farmers’ protest, ANI reported.
“What I would say generally, is that around the world, we are committed to supporting democratic values including freedom of expression,” US Department of State spokesperson Ned Price said, when asked to comment on the matter. “I think when it comes to Twitter’s policies we would have to refer you to Twitter itself.”
Twitter on Wednesday announced that it had withheld “a portion” of accounts which the Indian government had directed the microblogging platform to block. However, Twitter added that action was taken only against selected accounts as it did not believe that the government’s orders were “consistent with Indian law”.