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India’s disinformation morass will put Twitter’s content moderation policy through a trial by fire.

Two weeks is all it takes to appreciate the absolute hell that is Twitter’s India problem. In Week 1, Twitter flagged a tweet by Amit Malviya—the head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s IT cell—as “Manipulated Media”. The tweet in question had a video of the ongoing farmers’ agitation, with Malviya referring to the clip and saying, “Rahul Gandhi must be the most discredited opposition leader India has seen in a long time.” Not surprisingly, news that the tweet had been flagged spread like wildfire. Commentators from both ends of the political spectrum jumped into the fray. Liberals hailed the long-awaited …
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
The US and Iran seem to have their own ideas for a possible ceasefire and conclusion to the ongoing war. Everyone else hangs in the balance.
Dubai International Airport and Fujairah port were once again disrupted on Monday. Separately, there is a new warning that this conflict could result in the region’s worst crises in decades.