India/Rahul Gandhi/Twitter – Blocked by Twitter for political reasons: India’s Rahul Gandhi (Al Jazeera)

Gandhi's Twitter account has 19.5 million followers [File: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters]

Gandhi’s Twitter account has 19.5 million followers [File: Anuwar Hazarika/Reuters]

Rahul Gandhi, the leader of India’s main opposition party, has slammed Twitter for blocking a tweet over the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, saying the platform was playing partisan politics. The criticism of the United States-based microblogging giant by the Congress party on Friday comes as Twitter is trying to address concerns raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government over compliance issues.

Blocked by Twitter for political reasons: India’s Rahul Gandhi | Censorship News | Al Jazeera

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Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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