NEW DELHI: A parliamentary committee questioned Twitter on Thursday about the comedian’s recent “obscene” tweets. Kunal kamra addressed to the Supreme Court and the Chief Justice of India (CJI), and sought a response from the social media giant on the matter within seven days, the panel chairman said. Meenakshi Lekhi.
This came on the heels of Twitter apologizing in writing to the same parliamentary panel for incorrectly showing Ladakh in China and promising to correct the mistake by the end of the month.
Representatives of Twitter India were testified before the Joint Committee of Parliament on the data protection bill on Thursday.
“It is shameful that Twitter is allowing its platform for obscene comments such as stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra against the Supreme Court and the CJI, “Lekhi told reporters here.
“Twitter is allowing its platform to be misused to abuse the main constitutional authorities, such as the Supreme Court and the CJI.”
She said that committee members from across the political spectrum, including Congressional MP Vivek Tankha, BSP MP Ritesh Pandey and BJD MP Bhatruhari Mahtab, questioned Twitter representatives on this issue.
Lekhi also said that Twitter’s explanation of the ban on identifiers and tweets was found to be inadequate.
Meanwhile, Kamra has refused to retract or apologize for his controversial tweets against the Supreme Court, saying he believes they “speak for themselves.”
Earlier, Attorney General KK Venugopal consented to the initiation of criminal contempt proceedings against him for a series of tweets after the Supreme Court gave Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami provisional bail.
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