Take strong action against campaigns aimed at creating unrest in India, govt tells Twitter

The government on Wednesday expressed “strong displeasure” over Twitter’s delay in taking prompt action against accounts and hashtags spreading misinformation and provocative content around the farmers’ stir, as the IT Ministry made it clear that the company must comply with the country’s laws irrespective of the platform’s own rules.
Slamming the delay by the platform in complying with government orders on taking down provocative content around farmers’ stir, the IT Secretary also expressed dissatisfaction over Twitter’s “differential treatment” in case of the US Capitol Hill siege, where it had taken prompt action.
The Secretary took up the issue of ‘farmer genocide’ hashtag with the executives and expressed strong displeasure on the way Twitter had acted after an emergency order was issued to remove the hashtag and content related to that.