The Ministry of Electronics and IT has sent a notice to Twitter requesting an explanation within five days of why legal action should not be taken against the social media platform for not respecting the territorial integrity of India, as Twitter has shown to Leh as part of J&K, not Ladakh.
The notice was sent to Twitter’s global vice president, people familiar with the development said. He also called the mistake a “deliberate attempt to undermine the will of the sovereign Parliament of India” which had declared Ladakh a Union Territory of India with its seat in Leh.
The ministry, in its notice sent to the global vice president of Twitter, mentioned that showing Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir is a deliberate attempt by Twitter to undermine the will of the sovereign Parliament of India, which had declared Ladakh as a territory of the Union of India with its headquarters. in Leh.
A Twitter spokesperson said they responded to the letter and shared a full update with the government. “Twitter remains committed to partnering with the Government of India and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to serve the public conversation. We have duly responded to the letter and, as part of our correspondence, we share a full update with the latest developments related to the subject of geotags, ”said the spokesperson.
This mistake is in addition to a series of mistakes Twitter has made recently in geotagging. Previously, Twitter had listed Leh as part of China, after which the secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and IT had written to the CEO of Twitter raising an objection. In response, Twitter had rectified the error. But it has not yet corrected the map to show Leh as part of the Ladakh Union Territory, the ministry said.
Recently, a parliamentary committee that reviewed India’s privacy bill noted that Twitter’s explanation of showing Ladakh as part of China was inappropriate. The act constitutes a crime with a prison sentence of seven years.
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