{"id":44303,"date":"2024-02-22T21:15:55","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technewsday.com\/?p=44303"},"modified":"2024-02-22T21:15:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T02:15:55","slug":"x-twitter-censors-india-farmer-protests-at-government-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/x-twitter-censors-india-farmer-protests-at-government-request\/","title":{"rendered":"X\/Twitter censors India farmer protests at government request"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) admitted to removing accounts and posts related to India&#8217;s farmers&#8217; protests, citing government directives. Despite disagreeing with the orders, X complied due to potential penalties. This action sparked outcry from activists and journalists, including Mohammed Zubair and Mandeep Punia, who criticized the suppression of free speech and reporting.<\/p>\n<p>The protests, ongoing since February 13, demand minimum support prices for crops. Farmers seek to march to Delhi but face resistance from authorities. The government&#8217;s heavy-handed response, including barricades and police deployment, intensified tensions, leading to a protester&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties criticized the government&#8217;s clampdown, while X challenged the blocking orders legally. The incident highlights the clash between digital freedoms and state control in India, amid upcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Sources include: <a href=\"http:\/\/User https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-india-68366859\">BBC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) admitted to removing accounts and posts related to India&#8217;s farmers&#8217; protests, citing government directives. Despite disagreeing with the orders, X complied due to potential penalties. This action sparked outcry from activists and journalists, including Mohammed Zubair and Mandeep Punia, who criticized the suppression of free speech and reporting. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44194,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,215,957],"tags":[275],"class_list":["post-44303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-networks","category-top-stories","category-top-women-in-cybersecurity","tag-top-story"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44304,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44303\/revisions\/44304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/technewsday.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}