Twitter Releases A Presser After The Delhi Police Visit

“Concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India&potential threat to freedom of expression for people we serve.We’ve concerns with regards to intimidation police’s tactics in response to enforcement of global Terms of Service&core elements of new IT Rules. We plan to advocate for changes to elements of these regulations that inhibit free, open public conversation. We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Indian Government and believe it is critical to adopt a collaborative approach. We urge the Ministry of Electronics & IT to publish these Standard Operating Protocols on procedural aspects of compliance for public consultation. We would request the Ministry to consider a minimum of 3 months extension in order for Twitter to implement the Rules: Twitter spox”