Jack Dorsey Controversy Explained: Why Ex-Twitter CEO Clashing with India’s Government?
A controversy erupted after Union IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar slammed the former CEO and co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey who alleged that the Indian government pressured the charge. Perhaps the Indian government tried to brush out a dubious period of Twitter by citing it as an outright lie by Jack Dorsey. Rajeev Chandrasekhar vehemently rebutted Twitter co-founder on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, for the allegations of getting requests from India to censor accounts critical of the union government and reporting on farmers’ protests. Since the Union IT minister rebutted Jack Dorsey, the matter has become heated again. If you are scrambling to unfold the details of the controversy, you are at the right place. In this article, we have talked about it in detail. So be sticky with this page and must go through it till the end. Swipe down the page.
Jack Dorsey Controversy Explained
Rajeev Chandrasekhar who is Union IT minister blasted the claims as an outright lie by the co-founder of Twitter, Jack Dorsey. He also attempted to redact a questioning period of the social media giant’s history. Jack Dorsey also claimed that he received many threats as well from India to shut down the platform if he did not censor accounts. Meanwhile, the Union IT minister came with a hard reply to Jack Dorsey and slammed Twitter for its dubious period. Continue reading this article and unfold more details.
The Union minister rebutted Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey in an interview with Breaking Points with Krystal and Saagar on Youtube. Rajeev Chandrasekhar was questioned if he had faced any pressure from foreign governments. While replying to Krystal and Sagar’s question, the Union IT minister said India is one of the countries which had many requests around farmers’ protests, around particular journalists who were critical of the government and it manifested in ways such as we will shut Twitter down in India and we would raid the homes of your employees. Scroll down the page and read more details.
Jack Dorsey who has left Twitter, cited that Turkish and Nigerian governments had restricted the platform in their nations at different points over the years. He further added, similarly to India. Meanwhile, the opposition parties targeted the government on it. Likewise, Anurag Thakur, Union minister said “What we said is a blatant lie. Jack Dorsey woke up after years of sleep and wants to cover up his misdeeds.” While Rajeev Chandrasekhar remarked on Jack Dorsey’s comments as “fictional”, Twitter had weaponized misinformation against the Indian government.
