India denies Dorsey’s claims it threatened to shut down Twitter

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1. NBC News

   India denies Dorsey’s claims it threatened to shut down Twitter ↗ (opens NBC News)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   Jack Dorsey said on Monday that India also threatened the company with raids on employees if it did not comply with government requests to take down certain posts.

2. The Guardian

   India threatened to shut Twitter down, co-founder Jack Dorsey says ↗ (opens The Guardian)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   Narendra Modi’s government calls accusation by social media firm’s former CEO an ‘outright lie’

3. Deutsche Welle

   India denies threat to shut down Twitter – DW ↗ (opens Deutsche Welle)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   New Delhi says an allegation by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey that the platform was threatened with closure in India is an "outright lie."

4. Rolling Stone

   India Threatened to Shut Down Twitter and Raid Employee Homes, Says Jack Dorsey ↗ (opens Rolling Stone)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   The country’s deputy minister for information technology has refuted the statements

5. Al Jazeera

   India and Nigeria threatened to shut down Twitter, founder says ↗ (opens Al Jazeera)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   Indian government dismisses allegation by Twitter’s ex-CEO as an ‘outright lie’.

6. Washington Times

   Jack Dorsey: India threatened to shut down Twitter, raid employee homes ↗ (opens Washington Times)

   Published Jun 12, 2023

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   Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said the Indian government made repeated requests for Twitter to take down posts and threatened drastic action against the social media site if its requests were not met.