Facebook hides posts calling for PM Modi’s resignation in India – TechCrunch - California News Times
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Facebook has hidden all posts with the hashtag “Resign Modi” in India a few days after the US Social Jaguar Note responded to orders from New Delhi with Twitter. Censored some posts critical of the Indian government’s treatment of the coronavirus pandemic..
Facebook says it hides posts with the “Resign Modi” hashtag on its website. This is because some posts violate community standards. (Searching for “Resign Modi” will return some results to US users.) At this time, it’s unclear whether Facebook was ordered to receive this call or did it voluntarily.
The tweet of “#ResignModi” at the time of publication was seen in India. With more than 450 million WhatsApp users and nearly 400 million Facebook users, India is the largest market for social enterprises on a user-based scale.
Recently, in South Asian countries, many citizens have begun to complain to the government on social channels as they struggle to find empty beds, oxygen supplies and medicines in hospitals.
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Facebook did not respond to a request for comment on censorship of posts in India over the weekend, but did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Wednesday.
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