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It's because the ones in trouble are right wing extremists. He's extremely consistent in his support and decisions on this.



Not true. He tried hard to protect left wing and left wing extremist free speech too.

"India calls X a 'habitual non-compliant platform'"

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66805347

He got fined by India and lost money for trying to protect anti-right wing free speech.


> He tried hard to protect left wing and left wing extremist free speech too.

Can you give concrete examples of this?


Modi tried to censor left wingers' speech, Twitter refused and sued the Indian government. It's in the linked BBC article.


"The instances cited by the government took place before X was acquired by billionaire Elon Musk in 2022. Under Musk's leadership, the company has complied with takedown orders."

Twitter refused pre-Musk, X doesn't seem to have a problem doing what Modi says as far as I can tell.


No, the Twitter lawsuit continued under Musk. The court fine was under Musk.


Continuing a lawsuit is not the same as agreeing with the initial claim.

Sometimes, new leadership of a company continues lawsuits because stopping them will incur a huge penalty (in fines, restrictions, control, ...). But that does not mean they will have it started to begin with.


I love how you yourself haven’t even read the article. Your timing is all wrong here and your larger point is laughably wrong.


The article is from September 2023, like a year after Musk's takeover of Twitter, and it talks about Twitter not complying with the Indian govt orders in 2023.




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