Commentary Twitter is way over its head in India. The avian network twice published a map that showed parts of India as part of China. In May, Twitter flagged a post by ruling party leaders, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson, as “manipulated media.” Last week, Twitter briefly locked the account of Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad due to an alleged violation of American copyright law. Can you say, American leftist imperial overreach? It’s an ideological mouthful but most neatly encapsulates Twitter’s status in India: cruisin’ for a bruisin’. India is starting to hit back at Twitter by tying it in legal knots, such as criminal charges with allegations of “treason” filed against Twitter’s India chief, Manish Maheshwari. Minister Prasad hit out at Twitter on June 30 on national television, as did media personality Arnab Goswami (full disclosure: I was on the show). Much of the country, of various …
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