Farmers protest: Twitter chief government Jack Dorsey ‘favored’ a number of tweets praising Rihanna
New Delhi:
Twitter chief government Jack Dorsey has hit the ‘like’ button on a number of tweets that praised singer Rihanna for her tweet on the protest by farmers in opposition to new agriculture legal guidelines in India. Rihanna and local weather activist Greta Thunberg’s tweets on the farmer protests have been condemned by the federal government as interference in home issues.
Among the many tweets ‘favored’ by Mr Dorsey was one by Washington Submit journalist Karen Attiah, who tweeted, “Rihanna has raised her voice for social justice actions in Sudan, Nigeria, and now India, and Myanmar. She is an actual one.”
Rihanna has raised her voice for social justice actions in Sudan, Nigeria, and now India, and Myanmar.
She is a REAL ONE.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) February 2, 2021
Mr Dorsey hit the ‘like’ button on one other tweet by Ms Attiah, who mentioned, “Now’s as a superb time as ever for @Twitter and @Jack so as to add a Twitter emoji to the huge #FarmersProtests in India – like they did for historic worldwide protests like #BlackLivesMatter and #EndSars”
Now’s as a superb time as ever for @Twitter and @Jack so as to add a Twitter emoji to the huge #FarmersProtests in India — like they did for historic worldwide protests like #BlackLivesMatter and #EndSars.
— Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) February 3, 2021
A worldwide battle of notion has damaged out on social media after Rihanna and Ms Thunberg’s tweets on the farmer protests which were occurring for months, demanding the federal government to withdraw three farm legal guidelines that they declare would harm their earnings and put minimal worth assure in peril.
The federal government has mentioned it’s prepared to debate the legal guidelines clause by clause and even agreed to pause the legal guidelines for one-and-a-half years, but the farmers need nothing lower than full repeal of the legal guidelines.
Actors, politicians and sports activities stars together with Sachin Tendulkar tweeted to ask individuals to “stay united” and never enable “exterior forces” to hurt sovereignty, utilizing the hashtags #IndiaTogether and #IndiaAgainstPropaganda
The Delhi Police at the moment cited one other tweet by Ms Thunberg in a case filed at the moment that alleges an abroad “conspiracy” and an try and “promote enmity between teams”. The teenager local weather campaigner, unfazed, tweeted that she “nonetheless” stood with farmers and “no quantity of threats” would change that.
I nonetheless #StandWithFarmers and help their peaceable protest.
No quantity of hate, threats or violations of human rights will ever change that. #FarmersProtest— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) February 4, 2021
The farmers are dug in on a freeway on the Delhi-Haryana border. The police have barricaded the areas to cease tractors and extra crowds coming to the world.
