Firms would be worried by the impact it has on their users, staff, and executives — as well as global concerns that they would be actively facilitating human rights abuse happening under that framework.

Jit Singh

Authorities are targeting people for content posted online, and regularly intimidating web platforms and social media services into complying with its censorship.

This year has seen a significant rise in digital authoritarianism in India... and Twitter has been made into a scapegoat to send a message to other companies.