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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Social media platform X has blocked posts in India involving political speech following orders from the country's election commission ahead of upcoming polls, the company said late on Tuesday.
X, formerly known as Twitter and owned by Elon Musk, faced a similar situation in Brazil where it was asked to block disinformation-spreading users.
The billionaire and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to meet his month to explore investment opportunities in India.
Last year, an Indian court fined X $61,000 (€57,404) because the platform initially resisted removing tweets and accounts that criticized the Modi administration.
India's ranking in the World Press Freedom Index has fallen 21 places to 161 out of 180 countries since Modi took office in 2014.
Tuesday's announcement came as India gears up for its general election starting April 19, involving nearly 968 million voters.
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