NEW DELHI: Twitter withheld an unspecified amount of accounts in India in response to a “legal request”, and then restored them around 9pm on Monday. The stories included those from the news magazine Caravan, Kisan Ekta Morcha (Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s computer cell), tribal leader Hansraj Meena and actor Sushant Singh, …
Read More »Government Issues Warning to Twitter; conveys strong disapproval of map misrepresentation
By: PTI | New Delhi | October 22, 2020 12:54:42 pm Jack Dorsey, CEO of Twitter (File photo) The government sent a stern letter to Twitter’s CEO Jack Dorsey, expressing strong disapproval of the misrepresentation of the Indian map, and asserting that any attempt by the microblogging platform to disrespect …
Read More »Geotagging Issue Solved, Says Twitter After JK Shows Up As Part Of China
Twitter responded to controversies on Monday over a bug in a geotagging issue, where Jammu and Kashmir was shown as a territory of China during a live broadcast by a senior journalist, saying the issue had been addressed. A Twitter spokesperson called it a technical issue, one they said was …
Read More »Twitter lands in hot water after JK is listed as China territory
Twitter was caught in a storm on Sunday after Jammu and Kashmir was shown as part of China during a live broadcast by a journalist at a war memorial in Leh, the capital of Ladakh. Nitin Gokhale, author and national security analyst, kicked off the live Twitter feed from the …
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