US-based microblogging platform Twitter has withheld several unspecified notable accounts in response to legal demands.
These include accounts of Kisan Ekta Morcha, run by protesting farmers; Caravan magazine; activists Md Asif Khan and Hansraj Meena; CPI(M) leader Mohammed Salim and AAP member Preeti Sharma Menon.
Twitter is contesting the orders, sources said.
“Many countries have laws that may apply to Tweets and/or Twitter account content. In our continuing effort to make our services available to people everywhere, if we receive a properly scoped request from an authorized entity, it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in a particular country from time to time," Twitter said in a statement.
“Transparency is vital to protecting freedom of expression, so we have a notice policy for withheld content. Upon receipt of requests to withhold content, we will promptly notify the affected account holders (unless we are prohibited from doing so e.g. if we receive a court order under seal),” it added.
These include accounts of Kisan Ekta Morcha, run by protesting farmers; Caravan magazine; activists Md Asif Khan and Hansraj Meena; CPI(M) leader Mohammed Salim and AAP member Preeti Sharma Menon.
Twitter is contesting the orders, sources said.
“Many countries have laws that may apply to Tweets and/or Twitter account content. In our continuing effort to make our services available to people everywhere, if we receive a properly scoped request from an authorized entity, it may be necessary to withhold access to certain content in a particular country from time to time," Twitter said in a statement.
“Transparency is vital to protecting freedom of expression, so we have a notice policy for withheld content. Upon receipt of requests to withhold content, we will promptly notify the affected account holders (unless we are prohibited from doing so e.g. if we receive a court order under seal),” it added.