India denied claims that it had threatened to shut down Twitter if it did not block accounts critical of PM Narendra Modi’s govt. Former chief executive Jack Dorsey told YouTube chat show ‘Breaking Points’ that authorities had threatened to “shut down Twitter in India” as well as raid the homes of its employees unless his company yielded to their demands. Indian IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar responded that Dorsey’s claim was an “outright lie”, while also accusing Twitter of repeated violations of local laws.
