An animation spoof video published by The Wire on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been taken down by Meta-owned Instagram and Elon Musk-owned X, the news portal has claimed. ADVERTISEMENTThe changes amend India's 2021 IT rules, which have already been a flashpoint between Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government and global technology companies. On the same day, leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi was stopped from reading excerpts from an unpublished book by former Indian Army chief M.M. The Wire’s 53-second animated video narrates through the song Modi’s not addressing the Lok Sabha on that day. Criticism makes democracy stronger,” Siddharth Varadarajan, editor of The Wire, wrote on his X handle quoting Narendra Modi.

Source: The Telegraph February 11, 2026 08:14 UTC