The Election Commission of India has issued orders to social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, to take down certain posts related to political speech during the ongoing six-week general elections, conducted in seven phases from April to June. These posts were identified as being in violation of the electoral code of conduct. The directive specifically targets posts by political leaders from the YSR Congress Party, the Telugu Desam Party, the Aam Aadmi Party, and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Despite its disagreement with the order, X has complied and withheld the specified posts until the poll period concludes.
NEW: X blocks India election posts after takedown orders https://t.co/sCAL8lqTOf
Social media platform X 'disagrees' but takes down select posts of YSR Congress, AAP, others after poll body orders @aishvaryjain reports https://t.co/JoOjYPWqnR
X has blocked some political posts in India on orders from the country's election commission ahead of upcoming elections, the company said. https://t.co/xygA9YJjb8
Social media platform #X has blocked several posts in #India containing political speech after authorities ordered their takedown ahead of a six-week general election. https://t.co/om1Mq3D7Gt
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Social media platform #X withholds some political #posts in #India after election commission order https://t.co/8ESUbkwrJy
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter), released a letter by the #ElectionCommissionofIndia ordering a takedown of four posts on the platform by political leaders in the YSR Congress Party, the Telugu Desam Party, the #AAP and the #BJP. https://t.co/8WhSrKhIPd
Social media platform X said it withheld some posts in India containing political speech https://t.co/rvFAsbnzOv
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has said that it disagrees with the order issued by the Election Commission of India to take down posts by political leaders in the YSRCP, TDP, AAP and BJP https://t.co/hDk4NovLJ0
X withholds some posts till poll period after #ElectionCommission order https://t.co/MdcGWAHNMx https://t.co/mW8ws8YPnK
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X Withholds Some Political Posts In India After Poll Body's Takedown Order https://t.co/ZgTs8bVR2P
NEWS: The Election Commission of India has issued takedown orders requiring X to act on posts containing political speech https://t.co/0cHvSaU3Ir
The Election Commission of India ordered X to take down posts in breach of electoral code of conduct. https://t.co/h7iQgewKG4