Panel seeks more answers from Twitter as India prepares for elections


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NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: An Indian parliamentary panel gave Twitter Inc 10 days to file written answers to its questions after meeting on Monday with a senior company officer, part of India's scrutiny of social media content as it prepares for elections this year.

Speaking after the committee on information technology met with Colin Crowell, Twitter's global vice president of public policy, panel chairman Anurag Thakur said Crowell and his team had been unable to reply to some questions.

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