Twitter has told the Indian government that, despite receiving orders from the Indian federal government, it will not restrict accounts belonging to Indian journalists, activists and politicians. However, it prevents an unclassified number of accounts that do not fall into these categories from being viewable within the country.

in a Blog post The company announced on Tuesday that although it has withheld some accounts that the Indian government hopes to block, it will not block others because it would violate freedom of speech.

“Since we do not believe that the actions we have been instructed to take are consistent with Indian law, and in accordance with our principles of defending protected freedom of speech and expression, we have not taken any action against accounts including new media entities, journalists, activists and politicians. “Twitter’s blog post said. “We believe that doing so will violate their basic right to freedom of speech under Indian law.”

Twitter’s position is fighting with the Indian government (the company’s main market) over restrictions on platform accounts.At the beginning of this month, the company Restricted After receiving an urgent legal order from the Indian IT department, people in India were unable to view more than 250 accounts in the country. Among the blocked accounts are Caravan, an investigative news magazine; critics of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi; and tweets to support the troubled country for a month Farmers protest.

But Twitter restored these accounts six hours later and argued with the Indian government that these accounts constitute freedom of speech and are worthy of attention.In response, the government being threatened Twitter officials were fined and sentenced to up to seven years in prison for violating their orders.

The stalemate with the Indian government puts Twitter in trouble difficulty. Blocking accounts would mean allowing India’s increasingly authoritarian government to suppress dissent, freedom of speech and the press. But betraying the government means risking legal consequences.

inside Blog post Twitter announced on Tuesday that other measures have been taken, such as banning hashtags containing harmful content on the platform. The government is worried that this will trigger real-world violence in protests, and has permanently suspended more than 500 violations of Twitter’s rules. account.

but postal It also stated that Twitter is seeking legal remedies to restore some of its accounts restricted in the country.

Twitter wrote: “We will continue to advocate the right to freedom of speech on behalf of the people we serve, and are actively exploring various options under Indian law, including Twitter and affected accounts.” “We remain committed to maintaining the dialogue on Twitter. Healthy and firmly believe that Tweets should be unimpeded.”