In a written apology to a key parliamentary panel for misrepresenting Ladakh in China, Twitter said Wednesday that it was committed to serving the public and earning and maintaining their trust.
“Earning and maintaining people’s trust in our service is of utmost importance. Twitter remains committed to serving and protecting the public conversation and partnering with the Government of India, ”the Twitter spokesperson said.
According to the chair of the parliamentary panel, Meenakshi Lekhi, Twitter’s deposition came in the form of an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, chief privacy officer at Twitter Inc.The social media giant promised to correct the error by the end of the month, he said. Lekhi.
“They have apologized for hurting the feelings of the Indians and have sworn to correct the mistake before November 30, 2020,” he said, according to the PTI news agency.
Twitter showed Leh, the largest city in the Ladakh Union Territory, as part of China during a live broadcast last month. The Parliament’s Joint Committee on Data Protection bill voiced its disapproval of the “misrepresentation of the map of India”, saying it amounted to treason and had sought an explanation from the father of the social media platform based in United States.
Ajay Sawhney, secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), wrote a forceful letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, asking for respect for the country’s sensitivity, PTI sources at the ministry said. At the time, Twitter had labeled it a glitch that had been quickly resolved.
“In recent weeks, we have worked to solve the problem of geotags in a way where Leh, as well as other cities in the Union of Ladakh territory, will now be accurately displayed with the name of the city, the respective state and country, “quoted PTI. Twitter in your report. “In addition to this, we are also reviewing the geotag for several other cities in Jammu and Kashmir. This work is already in progress and we are targeting November 30, 2020 to complete this exercise, ”he added.
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