Start imagining your life without Social Media? After Tik-Tok, India could soon ban Twitter and Whatsapp
Indian authorities are on the brink of introducing bans on these top social media platforms which have become a part of our lives especially a tussle between them and these microblogging sites.
On one hand Whatsapp who was served a legal notice had to retract its initial privacy policy change but will be re-applying it in May which will be a ‘do-or-die’ situation for them since Indian government has already started its own messaging app.
Although still in its testing stage, the ‘Sandes’ app will be owned and managed by the government which would give them a major technology boost as well as security & privacy (as claimed).
In the case of Twitter, The government of India earlier a sent a notice to twitter to ban 200 accounts and tweets, now has sent information of another 1000 accounts which is believed to have Khalistani or Pakistani links according to the security agencies.
While Twitter is yet to comply with the previous missive, which was sent on January 30, 2021. The new details were sent on February 4, 2021, to curb the misinformation. Twitter’s no response is indicating their misconduct and companies’ arrogance like in their tussle with Australia.
CEO Jack Dorsey is on a mission to overpower FreeSpeech of only one ideology that after banning the account of then US President Donald Trump and thousands of Republicans, he even went to the extent of liking tweets against the Indian Government.
While all other social media are regulated and help the government of various countries to deal with misinformation, Twitter is gone rogue. The government of India is thinking if banning the platform like the Chinese apps or take the platform to the court.
Twitter has the third-largest market in India with many celebrities as well as political leaders and sportsperson are active on the platform.
What comes next could either take India on the same path of China where all major foreign Social Media networks are banned or the government could end up crashing the vast marketplace that is offered by these platforms.
