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Musk vs. Modi: Inside the battle over India's internet censorship
The post, which remains online, is among hundreds cited by X in a lawsuit it filed in March against India's government, challenging a sweeping crackdown on social media content by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration.
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Reuters - Wed, 06, Aug 2025
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FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Elon Musk in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. / India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. Written in 2023, the short message from an account with a few hundred followers described a senior ruling-party politician as "useless".
"This post and content are likely to create serious communal tension," inspector Jitendra Shahane wrote in a content-removal notice marked "CONFIDENTIAL" and addressed to X.
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