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From ChatGPT to Twitter via Meta, each platform reflects a vision of the world, most of the time defended by a moderation policy. From there to being tempted by censorship? Illustration with a documentary prohibited from referencing in India.
It is a documentary produced by the BBC, on an event which took place in 2002 and which set fire to the powder: the riots of Gujarat. Returning to the role played by the current Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during these deadly riots, he was called “propagande hostileor “Indian junk” by the adviser to the Indian government’s information minister, Kanchan Gupta.
The latter has thus called on social networks to remove any reference to the documentary, with some success so far. Arrested, Elon Musk defended himself by explaining that he discovered what may be akin to censorship. “This is the first time I hear regarding it. It’s not possible for me to fix all aspects of Twitter around the world overnight, while still managing Tesla and SpaceX, among other things,” he explained. he presented himself, when he acquired Twitter five months ago, as an ardent defender of freedom of expression. This case is a reminder of the importance of moderation for platforms which aspire to play a central role in our lives.
