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Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law

Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law

In their article on the Verfassungsblog, Dr Sangeeta Mahapatra, Martin Fertmann and PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann write about the recent dispute between Twitter and the Indian government and what this means for human rights in India.

You can read the article here
Abstract
“The Internet is splintering”, worries the New York Times, “Facebook and Google exist in so many countries. Who should decide the rules in each one?” One easy answer would be to say: Each country should have its own laws, limited by global human rights. Platforms should respect these laws. But this answer fails to consider the full picture. Twitter’s recent travails in India can tell us a lot about the challenges of deciding who is best positioned to decide what can be said online – companies or governments.

Mahapatra, S.; Fertmann, M.; Kettemann, M. C. (2021): Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law. In: VerfBlog, 2021/2/24, https://verfassungsblog.de/twitters-modi-operandi

Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law

In their article on the Verfassungsblog, Dr Sangeeta Mahapatra, Martin Fertmann and PD Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann write about the recent dispute between Twitter and the Indian government and what this means for human rights in India.

You can read the article here
Abstract
“The Internet is splintering”, worries the New York Times, “Facebook and Google exist in so many countries. Who should decide the rules in each one?” One easy answer would be to say: Each country should have its own laws, limited by global human rights. Platforms should respect these laws. But this answer fails to consider the full picture. Twitter’s recent travails in India can tell us a lot about the challenges of deciding who is best positioned to decide what can be said online – companies or governments.

Mahapatra, S.; Fertmann, M.; Kettemann, M. C. (2021): Twitter’s Modi Operandi: Lessons from India on Social Media’s Challenges in Reconciling Terms of Service, National Law and Human Rights Law. In: VerfBlog, 2021/2/24, https://verfassungsblog.de/twitters-modi-operandi

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