On August 15, Elon Musk distilled X’s latest policy shift in a single line: “Any censorship required by governments is now clearly visible.” Rather than quietly withholding a post under a local legal demand, X says it will tell users when a government sought the removal, name the agency, and, where possible, disclose the legal grounds.

Within days came the response from the establishment in India. On August 18, a senior Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) official told reporters that X “will have to comply with the Indian laws,” adding that orders issued under Section 69A are “intended to be maintained as confidential.”

Link: https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/a-hard-test-for-xs-transparency-pledge-in-india-10857373/