• Twitter demands a review of the content takedown order from the Centre and claims that officials abused their authority: Report

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    Twitter demands a review of the content takedown order from the Centre and claims that officials abused their authority: Report

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    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Digital Desk: Twitter, a major social media
    platform, announced on Tuesday that it is requesting a judicial review of the
    situation in an effort to resist instructions from the Indian government to
    remove content. The attempt is a part of a wider spat over content regulation
    between Twitter and the government.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">According to a source familiar with the
    situation who spoke to news agency Reuters, Twitter claims official misuse of
    authority in the ongoing legal dispute.



    color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">The Indian IT ministry had already threatened
    Twitter with legal action if it disobeyed some orders.



    Since last year, Indian
    authorities have asked Twitter to take action on content, including accounts that
    call for an independent Sikh state and a large number of tweets that criticise
    how the government is handling the COVID pandemic.



    However,
    when contacted for comment regarding Twitter's legal action on Tuesday, the
    Union IT ministry did not answer right away.