India: Social media platform X complies with Election Commission orders restricting political posts during election despite disagreement; incl. co. comment
" On EC orders, X takes down posts of parties & leaders, but disagrees ", 17 April 2024
Acting on orders of the Election Commission, social media platform X, owned by Elon Musk, said ... it had withheld some posts containing political speech by elected politicians, parties and candidates for the remainder of the election period, though it disagreed with the orders.
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In an article posted by its Global Government Affairs team, X said: “The Election Commission of India has issued takedown orders requiring X to act on posts containing political speech shared from elected politicians, political parties and candidates for office. In compliance with the orders, we have withheld these posts for the remainder of the election period; however, we disagree with these actions and maintain that freedom of expression should extend to these posts and political speech in general.”