WhatsApp, Twitter Show Resistance as Government’s Fight Against Fake News Targets Dissent

Twitter and WhatsApp are pushing back after being targeted as part of the government’s recent actions aimed at rooting out cybercrimes and what it calls “fake news” on social media. As part of the amended IT Rules, executives at companies that don’t comply with content removal requests could face jail time. The government sent YouTube 1,670 takedown requests, ...

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