New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that the Centre's newly introduced social media law is intended to suppress criticism of the government, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become fearful of growing public protests.

Addressing supporters, Kejriwal claimed that under the new law, social media platforms would be required to remove any post flagged by the government within three hours.

"The Modi government has introduced a new law. If the government asks any social media platform, whether Instagram, Facebook or any other platform, to delete a post or video, it will have to be removed within three hours," he said.

Kejriwal alleged that the law would be used to remove...