India Unveils Tougher Rules for Social Media Such as Facebook, Twitter

India Unveils Tougher Rules for Social Media Such as Facebook, Twitter
The Twitter and Facebook logo along with binary cyber codes are seen in this illustration taken on Nov. 26, 2019. Dado Ruvic//Reuters
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NEW DELHI—India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate big social media firms, such as Facebook and Twitter, the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tighten control over Big Tech firms.

The rules come after Twitter ignored orders to drop content on farmers’ protests, fuelling the government’s zeal, dating from 2018, to clamp down on material it regards as disinformation or unlawful.