India announced new rules on Thursday to regulate large social media companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, the latest effort by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to tighten control over big tech companies. The rules come after Twitter ignored orders to drop content from farmers’ protests, fueling the government’s zeal, dating back to 2018, to crack down on documents it considers disinformation or illegal. The new measures will require major social media companies to put in place a grievance mechanism and designate executives to coordinate with law enforcement, the government…

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