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For context, some high profile activist / journalist accounts have been suspended of late. There's been a noticeable right-wing leaning enforcement of twitter p

For context, some high profile activist / journalist accounts have been suspended of late. There's been a noticeable right-wing leaning enforcement of twitter policies in India. I think the trigger point was when Jay Shah's account[1] got a blue tick despite being a dormant account with a just 19 followers (at the time of being verified). Twitter India then issued a statement, which further had the Streisand effect: https://twitter.com/TwitterIndia/status/1192384055884447744 https://twitter.com/TwitterIndia/status/1192384055884447744 (heh, just noticed the ratio on that ! :)) [1] https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/with-zero-tweet19-followers-jay-shah-gets-blue-tick-verification-netizens-cries-foul-twitter-goes-silent https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/with-zero-tweet19-...

sbmthakur 7y ago
It's a bit more complicated than that. Twitter has been also banning right-wing leaning accounts as this comment mentioned. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21482041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21482041 Also, there's the fact that Twitter was summoned by a Parliamentary panel when someone accused them of curbing non-left leaning voices. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/twitter-india-summoned-by-parliament-panel-over-citizens-social-media-rights-1448893-2019-02-05 https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/twitter-india-summoned...
- devnonymous 7y ago
  > It's a bit more complicated than that. I really don't think it is. The replies on that twitter thread I posted there, from a couple of days ago clearly indicates (or at least implies) that the people leaving the platform are most likely the people unhappy with Twitter India's right wing bias.