This video, from a members-only call we hosted on June 24, 2021, contains an overview of the faceoff between Twitter and the Indian government, including the developments that led to it.
What we’ve covered:
- Timeline of events: Twitter vs the Government
- Key issues in Twitter vs Government
- Section 69A and the IT Act
- IT Rules 2021 and obligations of intermediaries
- Challenges that the Indian government is trying to address
- Jurisdiction
- Attribution
- Sovereign Control
- The geopolitics of platform regulation
- What Twitter could have done? What were their choices?
- What to expect from the Indian government going forward?
The presentation deck may be downloaded here.
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