Indians shouldn’t have to rely on the “benevolence of companies” like Twitter to protect their rights

Twitter suing the Indian government may be an applause-worthy move, but it’ll take a lot more to safeguard Indians’ free speech rights.

The government usually sends out secret takedown orders and strong-arms companies like Twitter into following them. It threatens action for non-compliance, or worse, arrests their officials. Many a time, these orders are unwarranted. But the likes of YouTube and Facebook tend to comply without a peep.

Only last month, VPN providers were spooked—many exited the country in droves—by a law that would require them to store user data for up to five years.

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