Facebook Blocks #ResignModi Posts for Hours as India Crisis Grows

It says it barred hashtag in error, not at government behest
Government efforts to curb content have courted controversy

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By Vlad Savov

April 29, 2021 at 2:03 AM UTC

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Facebook Inc. blocked posts tagged #ResignModi before restoring them hours later, stoking a controversy that’s erupted over government requests to remove social media content as India grapples with an escalating Covid crisis.