On Wednesday, the Congress occasion claimed that 4 accounts on the social networking web site X have been withdrawn beneath coercion and accused the federal government of focusing on “alternate media.”
In response to a message revealed by X, which “defined that the Election Fee of India (ECI) has issued directives to delete or withhold the posts of 4 accounts,” Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate made the feedback.
In accordance with Shrinate, the occasion was stunned to see that an article about electoral bonds was among the many eliminated postings. “It is the largest fraud in unbiased India,” she declared, characterizing it as a “extortion racket” that concerned “minimize cash.”
She stated that those that purchased electoral bonds and gave to the governing occasion have been those getting massive contracts, and that those that have been raided by the earnings tax division, the central bureau of investigation (CBI), and the enforcement directorate (ED) have been spared as soon as they made their donations.
Modi is “the champion of corruption,” in response to Shrinate, and “he has facilitated it.”
Throughout a information convention on Wednesday in New Delhi, Shrinate said {that a} “good portion of mainstream media” has been remodeled into “authorities cheerleaders” and that, quite than posing “uncomfortable questions,” they’re performing as a “mouthpiece” by “reiterating Modi’s script.”
A consultant for Congress stated that social media websites have been being become “eco-chambers” by the federal government, as they have been providing a “totally different perspective” from the mainstream media.
Instances of Shadow Banning and Account Suspension
Shrinate additionally mentioned the “shadow banning” and “suppression” of social media platforms, utilizing the unbiased journalist Mandeep Punia (Gao-Savera) and social activist Hansraj Meena as examples. In the course of the farmer protest, the knowledge and broadcasting ministry “suspended” Punia’s social media accounts; she additionally introduced up the suspension of the YouTube channel “Bolta Hindustan” and a few creators who have been producing movies in regards to the “EVM-VVPAT” problem.
She stated that the federal government was “attacking the alternate media” and “freedom of speech and expression” by limiting the power to make movies.
