Twitter has attributed to an “inadvertent error” the removal of the profile photo of the Union Interior Minister, Amit Shah, from his account on the microblogging site. A Twitter spokesperson said that due to the bug, the social media giant had to temporarily block Shah’s account under its global copyright policies.
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“Due to an inadvertent error, we temporarily blocked this account in accordance with our global copyright policies. The decision was immediately reversed and the account is fully operational, ”the spokesperson said.
On Thursday, Shah’s display image was removed from his official Twitter account, which has 23.6 million followers, in response to a “report from the copyright holder.” Clicking on Shah’s profile picture on his Twitter account brought up a blank page with the message: ““ Media not showing. This image has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder. “
While the image was later restored, Twitter had not shared other details. Its copyright policy states: “In general, the photographer and NOT the subject of a photograph is the actual owner of the rights to the resulting photograph.”
Twitter’s “inadvertent” blocking of Shah’s profile photo came on a day when it came to light that the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology issued a notice, requesting an explanation in five days as to why no legal action should be taken against him for showing Leh as part of Jammu and Kashmir, and not Ladakh.
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While Twitter has said it has responded to the government’s letter, it has yet to correct the map to show Leh as part of the Union of Ladakh territory, and not Jammu and Kashmir.
Previously, the social media giant had listed Leh as part of China, after which the ministry had written to Twitter CEO Dorsey raising an objection. However, this bug was fixed.
(With contributions from the agency)
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