Elon Musk’s Twitter faces censorship allegations in India free speech battle


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Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., departs court in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Elon Musk is facing allegations of being complicit with state censorship after Twitter appeared to take sides with India's government in a turbulent free speech fight over a documentary critical of the country's prime minister. The fight revolves around a new documentary from the BBC that focuses on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, delving into accusations that the politician allowed religious-based violence against Muslims. India is majority Hindu with a Muslim minority. Modi's government said it has ordered social media...