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X blocks posts in India after election commission order
The posts, which will be hidden from Indian audiences during the election period, included unverified claims about political opponents. Despite complying, X expressed disagreement with the blocking of political speech.
Social media platform X has blocked posts in India involving political speech following orders from the country's election commission ahead of upcoming polls, the company said late on Tuesday. X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, faced a similar situation in Brazil where it was asked to block disinformation-spreading users. Last year, an Indian court fined X $61,000 (€57,404) because the platform initially resisted removing tweets and accounts that criticized the Modi administration.
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