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Delhi Police served a legal notice to Twitter India, it was not a raid https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/toolkit-row-delhi-police-sends-noti

Delhi Police served a legal notice to Twitter India, it was not a raid https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/toolkit-row-delhi-police-sends-notice-to-twitter-over-flagging-patras-tweet-as-manipulated-media/articleshow/82911828.cms https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/toolkit...

x3n0ph3n3 5y ago
> Delhi Police, controlled by India’s central government, on Monday evening searched two offices of Twitter — in the national capital state of Delhi and Gurgaon, in neighboring state of Haryana — to seek more information about Twitter’s rationale to label one of the tweets by ruling partly BJP spokesperson as “manipulated media.” > An hour into the search process, Delhi Police Special Cell team, which investigates terrorism and other crimes, vacated both of Twitter’s offices because they were closed and there were no Twitter employees to engage with at the premises That sure sounds like a physical raid.
- JI00912 5y ago
  ...surprise visit? ...unexpected company?
- wolverine876 5y ago
  Yes. Otherwise, an e-mail to Twitter's attorneys would have sufficed.
- dsjfalksjdflksa 5y ago
  They were searching for a representative to serve the notice to.
  - moate 5y ago
    Serve notice of what? This didn't seem to be mentioned in the article. Also, is that a thing police in India do? Here in the US, if documents need to be physically served, it's usually done by a single representative of the court, not a policeman, let alone many police.
- testplzignore 5y ago
  I'm so confused. The reporting on this sucks. Did they stand at the front door knocking for an hour waiting for someone to come out? Did they physically break into the office? Does "closed" mean the office was physically closed/locked? Does "no Twitter employees" mean there were no humans physically present at the office, or does it mean there were no people directly employed by Twitter at the office? E.g., are they not counting security and other 24/7 staff that would normally be at an office building?

x3n0ph3n3 5y ago

> Delhi Police, controlled by India’s central government, on Monday evening searched two offices of Twitter — in the national capital state of Delhi and Gurgaon, in neighboring state of Haryana — to seek more information about Twitter’s rationale to label one of the tweets by ruling partly BJP spokesperson as “manipulated media.” > An hour into the search process, Delhi Police Special Cell team, which investigates terrorism and other crimes, vacated both of Twitter’s offices because they were closed and there were no Twitter employees to engage with at the premises That sure sounds like a physical raid.

JI00912 5y ago
...surprise visit? ...unexpected company?
wolverine876 5y ago
Yes. Otherwise, an e-mail to Twitter's attorneys would have sufficed.
dsjfalksjdflksa 5y ago
They were searching for a representative to serve the notice to.
- moate 5y ago
  Serve notice of what? This didn't seem to be mentioned in the article. Also, is that a thing police in India do? Here in the US, if documents need to be physically served, it's usually done by a single representative of the court, not a policeman, let alone many police.
testplzignore 5y ago
I'm so confused. The reporting on this sucks. Did they stand at the front door knocking for an hour waiting for someone to come out? Did they physically break into the office? Does "closed" mean the office was physically closed/locked? Does "no Twitter employees" mean there were no humans physically present at the office, or does it mean there were no people directly employed by Twitter at the office? E.g., are they not counting security and other 24/7 staff that would normally be at an office building?