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Re:India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblow... by tpmx on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @01:21PM (#32568087)
Another valuable aspect to the Indian government could have been the chance of getting to the real identities of the "troublesome people" via IP/mobile 2FA phone number records.
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Re:India forced Twitter to put agent on payroll, whistleblow... by stjohnswarts on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:07PM (#32574194)
This seems like the most likely reason. So they can jail people with anonymous accounts.
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