Former US president Donald Trump had his accounts on Facebook and Twitter banned on June 5,2021 for two years till 2023. Earlier on January 7,2021 Twitter, Facebook and Instagram temporarily suspended Donald Trump’s accounts on their platforms, accusing him of breaking their content regulations, after violence broke out at the US Capitol on the day. Even YouTube has also banned Trump but has yet to make specific charges. These social network giants together have users that equate to more than 50% of the world’s population. Trump was punished for purportedly “inciting” crowds of Republican right wing supporters to disrupt the validation of votes at the Capitol Hill. The storming of Capitol Hill resulted in five deaths and led to subsequent demands for putting Trump on trial for treason. A better explanation, as many (on Twitter) have said, is that these tech giants only acted once Trump was decisively, comprehensively a lame duck and on his way out of the White House. Otherwise, say many twitteraties, the action should have happened much earlier. These social network giants definitely have their political agenda on the table. Otherwise, these social media giants would have taken similar actions in India, where leaders and opinion-makers are constantly priming their followers for violence – or even for a society where violence is the rule against certain kinds of people. Twitter, in all its democratic freedom had suspended the accounts of noted advocate Sanjay Hegde numerous times for posting a revered 1936 photo of a lone dissenter in a German crowd refusing to give the Hitler salute; then for sharing a revolutionary Hindi poem. Such instances clearly prove that these social media giants have become a law unto themselves as they don’t believe they can be held accountable. It was only in December 2020, that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asked these giants as to how they collect, use, and present personal information, their advertising and user engagement practices, and how their practices affect children and teens. The government of India appears to have put these American social media giants or Frankensteinson notice by making it mandatory for them to adhere to the new IT rules but not banning them outright as made out to be by media. Neither the government, nor the rules have mentioned any ban. In fact, experts say the rules cannot lead to a ban. Non-compliance with the rules only means that social media intermediaries and internet firms won’t get safe harbour protections mentioned in Section 79 of India’s Information Technology (IT) Act. This is the part that protects The rules state that if an offensive post is found, the government can lawfully ask these companies to identify the first person who shared it in India. These tech giants have had all their time and privileges in making trillions of dollars in advertisement revenues. They use popular platforms to advertise products but pay a pittance. Moreover, these giants pay nothing to countries where products are being advertised. They have always refused to pay tax where they operate. Now the G7 nations have decided to impose 15% tax on these hi-tech giants. Twitter and Facebook aren’t overactive against anyone; rather they’ve long failed to act against fairly against those whose ideologies they don’t agree.