• Farmers dance as they vacate a protest site after the Indian government agrees to their demands, at the Singhu border near New Delhi in December 2021. Content social media service Twitter has been asked to take down by the Indian government is said to include posts that backed the farmers' protests and tweets critical of the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. | REUTERS
    Farmers dance as they vacate a protest site after the Indian government agrees to their demands, at the Singhu border near New Delhi in December 2021. Content social media service Twitter has been asked to take down by the Indian government is said to include posts that backed the farmers' protests and tweets critical of the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. | REUTERS
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Twitter’s decision to reject Indian demands that it take down content and block accounts the government dislikes shows a tough new tack by social media giants that analysts say could set a precedent in the face of growing regulatory crackdowns.

On Tuesday, the U.S. social media platform asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to kill posts, which Delhi had accused of spreading misinformation.

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