Will X / Twitter be banned in India (even temporarily) between now and Dec 31 2024
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Government of India and Twitter / X have been at conflict, from long before the Musk takeover of Twitter. That conflict continues to today as Musk takes a hardline stance against any form of censorship.

If X is banned in India by the end of 2024, this resolves YES. The ban must be national level, and not regional (internet services are frequently interruped in unstable regions in the country), where ISPs are forced to block access to twitter

The question resolves YES even if the ban is rescinded.

https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-calls-x-habitual-non-compliant-platform-latest-court-tussle-2023-09-13/

India calls X a 'habitual non-compliant platform' in latest court tussle
India's government has told a court that Elon Musk's X is a "habitual non-compliant platform" and for years has not followed many orders to remove content, undermining the government's role, according to a legal filing reviewed by Reuters.

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#🇮🇳 India
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Musk has shown that he is actually fine with censorship as long as it means he avoids X being banned in a country and loosing a market. Not so much of a 'hardline stance against any form of censorship'. https://www.businessinsider.com/free-speech-censorship-elon-musk-throttled-tweets-turkey-presidential-election-2023-5?op=1&r=US&IR=T
https://www.vice.com/en/article/88xqnv/elon-musk-censors-twitter-in-turkey

'Free speech opportunist' Elon Musk caved to government pressure to censor tweets ahead of the Turkish election. Critics argue SpaceX dealings with the country's right-wing leader may have caused the reversal.
One day ahead of Turkey's closely contested presidential election, Twitter restricted accounts belonging to political dissidents and whistleblowers.

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