Re:Silicon Valley thought India was its future, now things h...
by slake on Monday June 14, 2021 @01:08AM
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This isn't just the government though. There's enough backing to the idea that Twitter especially applies very flawed moderation, suspension standards to voices on its platform. In the early days Twitter was a place for debate and discussion and hearing alternative viewpoints. That's eroded away and hence the outburst. Also I think Indians still hold the view that a corporate with its black box policies can't and shouldn't suppress the voices of democratically elected representatives. I think that's a recipe for disaster.
Re:Silicon Valley thought India was its future, now things h...
by wildrhythms on Sunday June 13, 2021 @10:03PM
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Your comparison is flawed. The article explains that Twitter's 'censorship' came only after its India-based employees were threatened with imprisonment by Indian authorities after not complying with an earlier censorship request. Your comparison of a tiny subset of internet users demanding 'censorship' in about a thousand different directions isn't the same thing as state violence.
Seems like US tech companies were exporting US politics and values to India (whether by design or by simply forgetting that not all the world is US) and the government decided that doesn't fit their own goals. I see more of this starting to show up as US citizens demand that tech companies take active part in political censorship which will inevitably lead to clashes with cultures who don't fully agree with currently popular stances.
This goes double for more authariatiran right-wing governmenments. After all, even previous US administration lashed out at tech companies when it decided it didn't like content removal and fact checking.