Twitter blocked the social networking site today, Wednesday, 500 accounts related to the continuing protests of farmers at the request of the Indian government.
The website said in a statement that the accounts represented a clear violation of Twitter´s policies.
The site added that it has limited the visibility of certain hashtags (hashtags) with "harmful content", making it difficult for them to top the list of topics on Twitter.
Twitter recently suspended the account of a popular Indian magazine that was covering farmers´ protests. The account was restored several hours later, following widespread criticism.
Later, Twitter received a welcome from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
Twitter has decided to block some accounts at the request of the government, but only within India.
Twitter said in a statement that it "does not believe that the action that we were asked to take is in accordance with Indian law."
Therefore, the accounts of any of the journalists, activists and politicians whose accounts have been requested by the Indian government will not be blocked, he added. "If we do so, we will violate their basic right of expression in accordance with Indian law," he said.
A large number of farmers, led by unions, have camped outside Delhi´s borders since late November, demanding the repeal of three agricultural laws they say will put them at the mercy of companies and the vagaries of the free market.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s government says the laws, which will simplify the rules for storing, marketing and selling products, will modernize the agriculture sector, which more than 50% of India´s population depends on for a living.
