India Is Trying To Build Its Own Internet

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Mon, 03/08/2021 - 5:36pm

While Twitter finds itself in a prolonged standoff with the Indian government over the company's refusal to take down certain accounts, a senior executive of a very similar Indian social network says the sudden attention on his app has been "overwhelming."

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