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The Indian government is incredibly hostile to an open and free internet. It's well documented.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India

Just recently the government has ordered all last mile ISPs in Manipur to turn off the internet for the whole region.

https://www.google.com/search?q=manipur%20internet&ie=utf-8&...

The Kashmir internet shutdown is also very well documented.

https://www.google.com/search?q=kashmir%20internet%20shutdow...

This is the country that will threaten to imprison you for bringing in a handheld Iridium phone, as a journalist.

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Twitter was recently found to be censoring tweets worldwide, not just for users in India, at the request of the Indian government

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-po...

Slightly confused - why is this a problem? If the US government asks Twitter to take a tweet down, do you expect them to take it down only in the USA, while leaving it up everywhere else?

That's exactly what Twitter has done for most of its history, if India demanded something be removed, that wasn't against Twitters own rules, then it would be blocked in India but remain visible to the rest of the world. That's why the redaction clumsily says the tweet has been "withheld in Worldwide", normally there would be a specific country there instead of Worldwide.

It should go without saying that enforcing every state-requested takedown worldwide would be a complete shitshow. A social media site where you can't post anything that angers any government, even the most authoritarian, would be unusable for many purposes.

Question is if phone service would bring in more than dish for Starlink given a ban or if Musk would see it more advantageous to the whole X/Twitter concept.

This is just western media propaganda against an economically growing India. All part of this new geopolitical world order.

Either these facts stated are true or they are not. Where's the propaganda in a bunch of objective facts?

Dude stop with your propaganda and post links to direct sources which say against something, don't make BS statements out of thin air. You are all over this thread with this BS.

Do you not understand how much you weaken yourself when you allow yourself to believe this?

Legitimate criticism is the cornerstone of improvement. The only people who don't want criticism to be aired are those who are not genuinely interested in making things better, but rather benefit from them remaining bad.

Here's some context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHPXrIj8jg

Also, on how media is weaponized, here's some more context: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/6536...

What did Soros say wrong in the video? "India is a democracy but its leader is not a democrat. Inciting violence against muslims was an important factor in his meteoric rise."

I also agree with the second link that you shared. Media is weaponized against democracy. All the mainstream TV channels in India are busy attacking opposition, or dis-crediting any protests against government or promoting Hindu-Muslim hatered. Most of the channels are owned by crony capitalists which have ties to the government.

Ignore him, he seems too brain washed or part of the propaganda machine. BJP has control of major new channels and controls the media narrative constantly and this guy blabbers on about media being weaponized. They banned a documentary by BBC because it hurt the feelings of Modi, but had no problems with an ex PM during election time and released a movie criticizing him. One of the top BJP leaders recently made a statement saying "Muslims are not equals so they don't deserve equal rights". And I'm pretty sure this guy in comments will be the first one to arrive when, more states pass anti-caste discrimination laws in the US, claiming religious persecution.

Don't make it personal. You don't know me and I don't know you. We are all here for curious and intellectual discussions.

Intellectual discussion happens on real facts and statements, not made up accusations of "propaganda" when presented eith objective fact.

You are neither curious nor participating in an intellectual discussion, you are just making statements from thin air.

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