On October, 26 2019, Twitter suspended the account of senior advocate Sanjay Hegde. The reason? According to the social media platform, the image violated Twitter’s ‘hateful imagery’ guidelines, despite the photo being around for decades and usually being recognised as a sign of resistance against blind authoritarianism. https://thewire.in/tech/twitter-arbitrary-suspension-public-space 

Sanjay Hegde can come back to Twitter if he deletes his ‘offensive’ tweet—but says he won’t oblige Oct 31, 2019
Senior Supreme Court advocate, Sanjay Hegde is furious with Twitter for suspending his account-- twice consecutively-- in the past week. Speaking to ThePrint, Hegde said that deliberate targeting and mass reporting of his account by certain forces is what caused his account to be suspended. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_feGuKnSko

After KRK, another Indian decides to take on Twitter legally for suspending his account 5th Nov. 2019 https://www.opindia.com/2019/11/sanjay-hegde-twitter-account-suspended-international-court/

 

 

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