In the Modi for Takedowns

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In this week's episode, Mike and Ben cover:
• India summons Meta executives over briefly restricted Modi Facebook post (reuters.com/business/media-telecom/india-summo…) (Reuters)
• ‘No explanation given’: Arvind Kejriwal claims Meta restricted his account in India (timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-explanati…) (The Times of India)
• Meta apologises to India for restricting PM Modi's post (reuters.com/world/india/meta-apologises-india-…) (Reuters)
• India temporarily bans Telegram over exam paper leak concern (bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn074j04l3eo) (BBC)
• eBay agrees $56m settlement with bloggers over harassment case (bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj039p238r5o) (BBC)
• Artist starts legal case against Meta for deleting her Instagram account (theartnewspaper.com/2026/07/30/artist-starts-l…) (The Art Newspaper)
And in the extended episode for Patreon supporters (patreon.com/CtrlAltSpeech), they cover:
• Telegram CEO says an extortionist planted CSAM in a chat to get it pulled from the App Store (theverge.com/tech/975300/telegram-app-store-ta…) (The Verge)
• TikTok Withheld a Safety Feature From Millions. One Died by Suicide (bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-08-04/confide…) (Bloomberg)
• TikTok Says ‘Moderator Error’ Kept Perez Hilton Livestream Up (wired.com/story/tiktok-says-moderator-error-ke…) (Wired)
Our fun links this week are the Nintendo gameplay counsellors (linkedin.com/posts/joesmith-pathetic_nintendo-…) and a revamped app for sharing your toilet flushing habits (flushes.app).
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