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Twitter breached Indian law when it locked me out, IT minister says

By Phoebe Seers and Freny Patel
  • 28 Jun 2021 04:20
  • 28 Jun 2021 04:20
The row between Twitter and the government escalated over the weekend, as India’s IT minister accused Twitter of breaking rules for social media firms when it locked him out of his account over an alleged US copyright law issue. 
Ravi Shankar Prasad said Twitter had committed a “gross violation” of

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Phoebe Seers

Correspondent


Phoebe has covered Financial Crime and compliance issues for MLex since 2015, initially in the Hong Kong bureau and currently in London. While in Hong Kong she won two SOPA awards for her reporting on corruption in the energy sector in Indonesia. Prior to journalism she worked as a solicitor with a focus on white-collar crime litigation in London and Hong Kong. She has a BA in English and Philosophy from Newcastle University.

Freny Patel

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Freny has been covering antitrust law, M&A and regulations for over a decade, serving as Asia editor at Policy and Regulatory Report. Prior to joining as an editor at Mergermarket, she headed the banking bureau of a leading Indian financial daily, Business Standard. When India privatized the insurance sector, she had her own column in The Observer.

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