#23 Breaking down Twitter's stoush with India, and the secret sauce of scams

This week, Arj and Jordan dive into the growing challenge faced by social media platforms in India, as the Modi government institutes more aggressive approaches to content removal. Also this week is a look at how scams are being carried out, as new data reveals Australians lost $2 billion to scams in 2021. Links: Reuters article about Twitter legal challenge against Indian govenrment https://www.reuters.com/world/india/twitter-pursues-judicial-review-indian-content-takedown-orders-source-2022-07-05/ Casey Newton analysis of Twitter/India stoush on Platformer (paywalled): https://www.platformer.news/p/twitter-sues-india Twitter transparency reports on information requests and removal requests originating from India https://transparency.twitter.com/en/reports/countries/in.html ACCC Targeting Scams report https://www.accc.gov.au/publications/targeting-scams-report-on-scam-activity/targeting-scams-report-of-the-accc-on-scams-activity-2021 Credits: Music by Bensound.com