If one thing is certain, it is the fact that India is a very conservative society. However, the decision to come down heavily on several tech companies is not about that. In reality, it’s about the Indian government holding many of these tech companies to ransom.
What Leverage Does India Have?
In the wake of the Indian Farmers protest, the Indian administrators have implemented heavy sanctions against the likes of Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and a few other tech giants.
From the Indian government’s stance, many of these sanctions are hinged on the fact that these companies allow the use of their platform for activities that threaten the national security of the Asian nation.
As a result, they have put up several sanctions against many of these tech companies. However, India is only able to go down this route because of the leverage it has.
For one, this nation has the leverage of population. With well over 750 million residents and counting, India is a major commercial landscape for man...
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