Hours after it was pulled up by the government for non-compliance, Twitter has blocked nearly 97% of the handles flagged by the IT ministry. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had directed the micro-blogging platform to take down 1,435 accounts in two separate orders for allegedly spreading misinformation on farmers’ protest.
Of the 1,435 flagged accounts, 1,398 have been blocked by Twitter, according to a new The Times of India report. Twitter was not immediately available for a comment on the matter.Read more…
