Musk vs. Modi: Inside the battle over India's internet censorship


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  • Wednesday, 06 Aug 2025

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets Elon Musk in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

BENGALURU/NEW DELHI (Reuters) -In January, an old post on Elon Musk's social media platform, X, became a concern for police in the Indian city of Satara. Written in 2023, the short message from an account with a few hundred followers described a senior ruling-party politician as "useless".

"This post and content are likely to create serious communal tension," inspector Jitendra Shahane wrote in a content-removal notice marked "CONFIDENTIAL" and addressed to X.

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