‘Follow law of land’: Centre to X after Musk announces greater visibility on govt censorship

NEW
DELHI:
Ce t e
o
Mo day
said
that
Elo
Musk-ow ed
X
will
have
to
“follow
the
law
of
the
la d”
afte
the
social
media
platfo m
i t oduced
a
ew
ule
to
make
gove me t-d ive
est ictio s
o
co te t
mo e
visible
to
use s.”X
will
have
to
follow
the
law
of
the
la d,”
the
office
told
ews
age cy
PTI.I
a
post
o
social
media
platfo m
X,
Musk
said
that
a y
ce so ship
equi ed
by
gove me ts
is
ow
clea ly
visible,
sig alli g
the
platfo m’s
i te tio
to
p ovide
use s
with
g eate
i sight
i to
actio s
take
at
the
equest
of
gove me t
autho ities.

“A y
ce so ship
equi ed
by
gove me ts
is
ow
clea ly
visible,”
Musk
said.U de
the
p oposed
cha ges,
X
use s
will
be
able
to
see
whe
gove me ts
seek
the
emoval
of
posts
o
equest
est ictio s
o
accou ts.The
platfo m
also
pla s
to
disclose
details
about
the
age cies
maki g
such
equests
a d,
whe e
available,
the
legal
g ou ds
o
justificatio
cited
fo
the
actio .The
move
is
pa t
of
Musk’s
wide
push
to
make
the
platfo m’s
mode atio
a d
co te t-dist ibutio
systems
mo e
t a spa e t.Si ce
acqui i g
X,
fo me ly
k ow
as
Twitte ,
Musk
has
epeatedly
a gued
that
use s
should
have
g eate
visibility
i to
how
o li e
co te t
is
mode ated
a d
a ked.