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 …
Ashish is the editor-in-chief of The Morning Context. One of the best-known business feature writers in India, he was selected for Germany’s Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellowship in 2012 and received the Mumbai Press Club RedInk certificate of recognition in 2015 for his story “Inside the Network 18 takeover”. Before joining The Morning Context, Ashish co-founded The Ken, where he was managing editor. His previous writing stints include Mint, Forbes India and The Economic Times.
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Harveen is a co-founder at The Morning Context, and leads our Internet coverage, overseeing a team of reporters writing on startups and tech. She has previously worked as a media, consumer and tech reporter at The Ken and Mint. At The Morning Context, she writes on startups, venture capital, consumer and media businesses—from e-commerce to healthtech to streaming.
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