Overview

• India threatened to shut down Twitter and raid employees' homes, Jack Dorsey says.
• India demanded the removal of content, including criticism of its handling of COVID-19. Twitter complied and later rescinded, citing freedom of speech.
• The Indian government sought an "emergency blocking" of the Twitter hashtag #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide and numerous accounts during the protests.
• Jack Dorsey alleged that the Indian government threatened to shut down Twitter if it didn't restrict accounts critical of the handling of farmer protests.
• India was ranked fourth in terms of how many requests were made by governments to remove content, according to Twitter.