Bonus: India vs. Twitter, with Pranav Dixit of BuzzFeed News

Big Technology Podcast

Alex Kantrowitz

Technology, Religion & Spirituality, Business News, Business, Religion, Science, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Management, Marketing, Politics, News Commentary, Government, Investing, Tech News, Social Sciences, News

4.6 • 395 Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In India, the Narendra Modi government is threatening to put Twitter officials in jail unless they block approximately 250 accounts of people they don’t like. They include activists, political commentators, a movie star, and an investigative news magazine. That’s why we’re doing a bonus, emergency podcast on this quick developing situation, and what it means for the future of speech on the internet, and social media more broadly. Joining us to discuss is Pranav Dixit, a reporter at BuzzFeed News based in India who has been covering this closely and brings us the perspective from the ground.

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0:18.6	Hey, Pranav. Hey, Alex. Hi.
0:22.3	Appreciate you doing this with me. I know you're already in your weekend, but I think it'll be a great conversation.
0:27.5	So I'll just read the side and we get into it.
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1:32.5	Well, look, there are moments in time where it's important for us to stop, reflect, and consider what something in the news pretends.
1:40.3	And over the past week, we've been presented with just one of those moments.
1:43.7	In India, the Narendra Modi government is threatening to put Twitter officials in jail
1:47.9	unless they block approximately 250 accounts of people they don't like.
1:52.4	They include activists, political commentators, a movie star, and an investigative news magazine.
1:58.4	And that's why we're doing a bonus emergency podcast here on this
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