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The Indian government is incredibly hostile to an open and free internet. It's well documented. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India ht

The Indian government is incredibly hostile to an open and free internet. It's well documented. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_India Just recently the government has ordered all last mile ISPs in Manipur to turn off the internet for the whole region. https://www.google.com/search?q=manipur%20internet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-m https://www.google.com/search?q=manipur%20internet&ie=utf-8&... The Kashmir internet shutdown is also very well documented. https://www.google.com/search?q=kashmir%20internet%20shutdown&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-m https://www.google.com/search?q=kashmir%20internet%20shutdow... This is the country that will threaten to imprison you for bringing in a handheld Iridium phone, as a journalist.

downvotetruth 4y ago
Question is if phone service would bring in more than dish for Starlink given a ban or if Musk would see it more advantageous to the whole X/Twitter concept.
jsheard 4y ago
Twitter was recently found to be censoring tweets worldwide, not just for users in India, at the request of the Indian government https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-post-on-home-minister-globally/article66711854.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-po...
- xNeil 4y ago
  Slightly confused - why is this a problem? If the US government asks Twitter to take a tweet down, do you expect them to take it down only in the USA, while leaving it up everywhere else?
  - jsheard 4y ago
    That's exactly what Twitter has done for most of its history, if India demanded something be removed, that wasn't against Twitters own rules, then it would be blocked in India but remain visible to the rest of the world. That's why the redaction clumsily says the tweet has been "withheld in Worldwide", normally there would be a specific country there instead of Worldwide. It should go without saying that enforcing every state-requested takedown worldwide would be a complete shitshow. A social media site where you can't post anything that angers any government, even the most authoritarian, would be unusable for many purposes.
vinay_ys 4y ago
This is just western media propaganda against an economically growing India. All part of this new geopolitical world order.
- lightbulbs 4y ago
  Either these facts stated are true or they are not. Where's the propaganda in a bunch of objective facts?
- anaganisk 4y ago
  Dude stop with your propaganda and post links to direct sources which say against something, don't make BS statements out of thin air. You are all over this thread with this BS.
- nerdbert 4y ago
  Do you not understand how much you weaken yourself when you allow yourself to believe this? Legitimate criticism is the cornerstone of improvement. The only people who don't want criticism to be aired are those who are not genuinely interested in making things better, but rather benefit from them remaining bad.
  - vinay_ys 4y ago
    Here's some context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHPXrIj8jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHPXrIj8jg Also, on how media is weaponized, here's some more context: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/653635/EXPO_STU(2021)653635_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/6536...
    - throwaway384629 4y ago
      What did Soros say wrong in the video? "India is a democracy but its leader is not a democrat. Inciting violence against muslims was an important factor in his meteoric rise." I also agree with the second link that you shared. Media is weaponized against democracy. All the mainstream TV channels in India are busy attacking opposition, or dis-crediting any protests against government or promoting Hindu-Muslim hatered. Most of the channels are owned by crony capitalists which have ties to the government.

downvotetruth 4y ago

Question is if phone service would bring in more than dish for Starlink given a ban or if Musk would see it more advantageous to the whole X/Twitter concept.

jsheard 4y ago

Twitter was recently found to be censoring tweets worldwide, not just for users in India, at the request of the Indian government https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-post-on-home-minister-globally/article66711854.ece https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/twitter-takes-down-po...

xNeil 4y ago
Slightly confused - why is this a problem? If the US government asks Twitter to take a tweet down, do you expect them to take it down only in the USA, while leaving it up everywhere else?
- jsheard 4y ago
  That's exactly what Twitter has done for most of its history, if India demanded something be removed, that wasn't against Twitters own rules, then it would be blocked in India but remain visible to the rest of the world. That's why the redaction clumsily says the tweet has been "withheld in Worldwide", normally there would be a specific country there instead of Worldwide. It should go without saying that enforcing every state-requested takedown worldwide would be a complete shitshow. A social media site where you can't post anything that angers any government, even the most authoritarian, would be unusable for many purposes.

vinay_ys 4y ago

This is just western media propaganda against an economically growing India. All part of this new geopolitical world order.

lightbulbs 4y ago
Either these facts stated are true or they are not. Where's the propaganda in a bunch of objective facts?
anaganisk 4y ago
Dude stop with your propaganda and post links to direct sources which say against something, don't make BS statements out of thin air. You are all over this thread with this BS.
nerdbert 4y ago
Do you not understand how much you weaken yourself when you allow yourself to believe this? Legitimate criticism is the cornerstone of improvement. The only people who don't want criticism to be aired are those who are not genuinely interested in making things better, but rather benefit from them remaining bad.
- vinay_ys 4y ago
  Here's some context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHPXrIj8jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dHPXrIj8jg Also, on how media is weaponized, here's some more context: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/653635/EXPO_STU(2021)653635_EN.pdf https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2021/6536...
  - throwaway384629 4y ago
    What did Soros say wrong in the video? "India is a democracy but its leader is not a democrat. Inciting violence against muslims was an important factor in his meteoric rise." I also agree with the second link that you shared. Media is weaponized against democracy. All the mainstream TV channels in India are busy attacking opposition, or dis-crediting any protests against government or promoting Hindu-Muslim hatered. Most of the channels are owned by crony capitalists which have ties to the government.