On Wednesday India’s technology minister, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad said that U.S. social media giants must obey the laws of his country, where they are doing brisk business. The feedback by IT Minister Prasad follows accusations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government that Twitter broke rules requiring it to appoint new compliance officers.
“You operate in India, you make good money in India but you will take the position that ‘I will only be governed by laws of America’ This is plainly not acceptable,” Prasad said during the India Global Forum 2021 event. “You have to be accountable to India’s constitution and India’s laws.”
