India denies Twitter shutdown threat amidst farmer protest controversy.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has alleged that the Indian government threatened to shut down the platform and raid employees' homes in the country. He claimed that India requested the removal of several tweets and accounts linked to the farmers' protest in 2020 and asked Twitter to censor journalists critical of the government. India has denied the allegations and accused Twitter of violating laws. Dorsey's comments come at a time when the platform has been caught up in an intensifying debate on its role in supporting principles of free speech amid demands in several countries to control Twitter's influence.