India orders Twitter, YouTube to take down BBC documentary about Modi

India instructed Twitter to delete more than 50 tweets regarding the documentary, sources claim.

Trinamool Congress MP, Derek O’Brien is one of the opposition figures whose tweet about the documentary was deleted by Twitter.

“Censorship. Twitter has taken down my tweet about the BBC documentary. It received hundreds of thousands of views. The one-hour BBC documentary exposes how PM hates minorities,” O’Brien said in a tweet following the development.

CENSORSHIP@Twitter @TwitterIndia HAS TAKEN DOWN MY TWEET of the #BBCDocumentary, it received lakhs of views

The 1 hr @BBC docu exposes how PM @narendramodi HATES MINORITIES

Here’s👇the mail I recieved. Also see flimsy reason given. Oppn will continue to fight the good fight pic.twitter.com/8lfR0XPViJ

— Derek O'Brien | ডেরেক ও'ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) January 21, 2023

This is not a good look for India in the year it is hosting the G20 summit hailing India as the mother of democracy. The Indian government has asked to remove the BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Modi from all platforms including twitter, youtube etc pic.twitter.com/UVnDgY9y1y

— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) January 21, 2023

India doesn’t have “free speech” it’s whatever govt deems fit. Why do you think most internet shutdowns and political takedowns are happening in India with impunity?

— Vilakshan Jakhu (@vjakhu) January 21, 2023

Such cowards. If Modi did nothing wrong, if people voted him twice and no matter what 'aayega toh modi hi' for 50 years, then why is govt scared of some random documentary by anti-India forces which nobody will see anyway. This is toh like chor ke daari mein tinka.

— Dr. Sanjukta Basu, M.A., LLB., PhD (@sanjukta) January 21, 2023