{"id":1570,"date":"2023-06-13T13:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T07:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=1570"},"modified":"2023-06-13T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T07:49:10","slug":"lies-vs-not-shocking-bjp-oppns-verbal-duel-as-dorsey-alleges-threat-to-twitter-during-farmers-stir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=1570","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Lies&#8217; vs &#8216;Not Shocking&#8217;: BJP, Oppn&#8217;s Verbal Duel as Dorsey Alleges Threat to Twitter During Farmers&#8217; Stir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;background:#f3f3f3;padding:0 15px 10px 10px;border-bottom:5px solid #e1261c\">\n<div style=\"width:510px;padding-top:10px;position:relative;height:350px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bimg\">\n<figure style=\"line-height:0;width:510px;height:340px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Congress MP Manish Tewari said that Jack Dorsey's claims on BJP-ruled Centre are not 'surprising at all'. (Twitter\/@SirKazamJeevi)\" title=\"Congress MP Manish Tewari said that Jack Dorsey's claims on BJP-ruled Centre are not 'surprising at all'. (Twitter\/@SirKazamJeevi)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=510&amp;height=356\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"line-height:18px;position:absolute;bottom:0;background:linear-gradient(transparent,#000);left:0;right:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:12px;color:#fff;padding:32px 10px 5px;min-height:55px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 imageCaption\">Congress MP Manish Tewari said that Jack Dorsey&#8217;s claims on BJP-ruled Centre are not &#8216;surprising at all&#8217;. (Twitter\/@SirKazamJeevi)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:359px;padding-top:10px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bnow_box\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=1570\/#Twitter_Controversy_Union_minister_Anurag_Thakur_and_BJP_leader_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_too_said_that_Dorsey_is_lying_and_is_trying_to_politicise_the_matter\" title=\"Twitter Controversy: Union minister Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too said that Dorsey is lying and is trying to politicise the matter\">Twitter Controversy: Union minister Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too said that Dorsey is lying and is trying to politicise the matter<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=1570\/#Opposition_Reaction_on_Jack_Dorseys_Claims\" title=\"Opposition Reaction on Jack Dorsey\u2019s Claims\">Opposition Reaction on Jack Dorsey\u2019s Claims<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"min-height:24px;font-size:14px;line-height:24px;color:#3f3f3f;font-weight:400\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter_Controversy_Union_minister_Anurag_Thakur_and_BJP_leader_Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_too_said_that_Dorsey_is_lying_and_is_trying_to_politicise_the_matter\"><\/span>Twitter Controversy: Union minister Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too said that Dorsey is lying and is trying to politicise the matter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article_ContentWrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624\">\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey\u2019s sensational allegations on \u201cthreat from the Indian government&#8221; led to a massive war of words between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government and the Opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">While Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar dismissed the accusations as an \u201coutright lie&#8221;, Congress MP Manish Tewari said that Dorsey\u2019s claims are not \u201csurprising at all&#8221; as after 2014, there has been a \u201csystematic erosion of the freedom of speech and expression and civil liberties in the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">\u201cUnfortunately, this phenomenon is not confined to the central government alone. Certain state governments also have been equally draconian and authoritarian in the manner in which they seek to stifle dissent and try and proscribe alternative voices,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hightNewsBox\">In an interview, Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, claimed that the Indian government \u201cpressured&#8221; the company with threats of a shutdown and raids on employees if it did not comply with requests to take down posts and restrict accounts that were critical of the government over the protest by farmers against new agricultural laws in 2020 and 2021.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tw_circle_icon\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=In an interview, Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, claimed that the Indian government \u201cpressured\" the=\"\" company=\"\" with=\"\" threats=\"\" of=\"\" a=\"\" shutdown=\"\" and=\"\" raids=\"\" on=\"\" employees=\"\" if=\"\" it=\"\" did=\"\" not=\"\" comply=\"\" requests=\"\" to=\"\" take=\"\" down=\"\" posts=\"\" restrict=\"\" accounts=\"\" that=\"\" were=\"\" critical=\"\" government=\"\" over=\"\" protest=\"\" by=\"\" farmers=\"\" against=\"\" new=\"\" agricultural=\"\" laws=\"\" in=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/static_news18\/pix\/ibnhome\/news18\/images\/articleRevampImg\/twitter_icon.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">Rubbishing the claims, the Minister of State for IT tweeted that Dorsey\u2019s Twitter regime \u201chad a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law&#8221;. \u201cNo one went to jail nor was Twitter \u2018shutdown\u2019,&#8221; Chandrasekhar said.<\/p>\n<p><nonfly class=\"article_mad\" adunit=\"NW18_ENG_Desktop\/NW18_ENG_India\/NW18_ENG_India_AS\/NW18_ENG_IND_AS_ROS_MID_728\" slotid=\"nw18-dynamic-div-8066647_4_19\" id=\"new_ad_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Talking to <em>News18<\/em>, Rajeev Chandrasekhar said, \u201cFacts are very simple. Twitter, as a company, thought that it was beyond the sovereignty of Indian laws. They were repeatedly in non-compliance and violation of Indian laws from 2020 to 2022. Only in June last year, they started complying to the Indian rule.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">He further said that during the entire duration that they were in violation of the Indian law, nobody was raided or jailed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">\u201cTwitter, under Jack Dorsey\u2019s leadership, misused the platform to silence some people and to amplify some people; to platform and de-platform some people. They were every day violating Articles 14 and 19 of our Indian Constitution, and the rights of Indian citizens. I find it astonishing that a man who presided over such violation of fundamental rights has now suddenly surfaced and is spreading falsehood,&#8221; the minister said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Union minister Anurag Thakur and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad too said that Dorsey is lying and is trying to politicise the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mimg-vdo\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#WATCH<\/a> | &#8220;What was said, is a blatant lie. Jack Dorsey woke up after years of sleep &amp; wants to cover up his misdeeds. When Twitter was bought by another person, it was revealed in &#8216;Twitter Files&#8217; how was the platform being misused. Jack Dorsey has not been able to answer this to\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8EUSrgCNjR\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8EUSrgCNjR<\/a>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1668515492116725761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mimg-vdo\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEO | &#8220;The charges levelled by Jack Dorsey are completely baseless. All social media (platforms) are respected in India but the Constitution and the law of land will have to be followed,&#8221; says BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on former Twitter CEO&#8217;s claim of facing government\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K4xWg2sW1P\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/K4xWg2sW1P<\/a>\u2014 Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PTI_News\/status\/1668517757153861634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opposition_Reaction_on_Jack_Dorseys_Claims\"><\/span>Opposition Reaction on Jack Dorsey\u2019s Claims<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Trinamool Congress leader Saket Gokhale, meanwhile, said that BJP government has turned social media in India into their \u201cpersonal propaganda tool&#8221;. \u201cAnything that criticized the government or the BJP is clamped down upon. The central government, as is now revealed, has brazenly violated laws to intimidate social media companies into crushing criticism,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mimg-vdo\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In an interview yesterday, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey alleged that the Modi Govt sent \u201cunprecedented number of requests\u201d to take down accounts of journalists &amp; others who criticized the govt during the farmer protests. \ud83d\udc49 He also said that Twitter was threatened that its\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J0cNgXwC7u\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/J0cNgXwC7u<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Saket Gokhale (@SaketGokhale) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaketGokhale\/status\/1668501399964123136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait said, \u201cWe were informed that the kind of reach on Facebook and Twitter that was expected on farmers\u2019 protest, was not coming. They used to try to stop it at their level. The head (former CEO of Twitter ) has said this clearly now. But such companies don\u2019t come under anyone\u2019s pressure. The government of India must have made such attempts\u2026What he said is correct&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">TMC quoted Ugandan dictator Idi Amin: \u201cThere is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mimg-vdo\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Requests or, in this case, Veiled Threats!Jack Dorsey, in one of his recent interviews, spoke about how Twitter had received requests from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4India?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@BJP4India<\/a> Govt. to block accounts covering farmers&#8217; protests and those critical of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Non-compliance? How about we shut\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5MiIFsjIQd\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/5MiIFsjIQd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 All India Trinamool Congress (@AITCofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AITCofficial\/status\/1668503260142125057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">June 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><videocarousel\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\">Congress leader Srinivas BV uploaded Jack\u2019s statement and said \u201cMother of Democracy &#8211; Unfiltered&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 authorBox21 article_author\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 author_box\">\n<div class=\"author_box_inner\">\n<div class=\"img_box1 author_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2022\/06\/sumedha-kirti.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=70&amp;height=70\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text1 author_content\"><a class=\"smalldesc1 author_name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/sumedha-kirti.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Sumedha Kirti<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Sumedha Kirti is a Chief Sub Editor with over eight years of experience \u2014 both at the desk and reporting. 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