Twitter refuses to comply with Centre's order to block one hashtag, 257 URLs on Farmers Protests; "Astonished" Centre warns of penal action
The notice has warned Twitter of penal consequences under Section 69A[3] of Information Technology Act, which prescribes imprisonment of up to seven years and fine.
The Central government has asked Twitter Inc for the second time in three days to block tweets with the hashtag 'ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide' and also to block 257 URLs relating to the ongoing farmers protests.