BBC Punjabi Twitter account blocked in India
1 year, 9 months ago

BBC Punjabi Twitter account blocked in India

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Twitter account of BBC News’s Punjabi language service was blocked in India on Tuesday amid the ongoing nationwide manhunt for controversial preacher and separatist leader Amritpal Singh. A message on BBC News Punjabi’s account page said: “Account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand.” The development came just days after the official Twitter handles of several journalists in the state, who were reporting on the manhunt for Mr Singh, were also withheld. BBC News Punjabi had its Twitter account blocked in India Overall, more than 120 accounts have been suspended amid the pursuit of Mr Singh, according to filings released by Twitter, reported The Hindu. Commentator Jas Oberoi wrote: “The verified account of BBC Punjabi has been banned in India for covering Indian Govt’s crackdown in Punjab.” “If everything is right in Punjab then why ‘gag’ order of withholding Twitter accounts of journalists reporting from Punjab?

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X banned almost 180,000 Indian accounts recently: Know-why?
8 months ago

X banned almost 180,000 Indian accounts recently: Know-why?

India TV News  

X has recently banned around 1.8 lakh Indian accounts which were sounding alarmed. Over the past few months, the platform has taken stringent action against more than 180,000 Indian accounts which were involved in suspicious activity. Impact of IT Rules 2021 Under the new IT Rules 2021, X released monthly reports on account bans and user complaints. Understanding rules and …

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan says it blocked social media platform X over ‘national security’

Al Jazeera  

The platform remained inaccessible to users, but government officials refused to acknowledge any restrictions, until now. Pakistan blocked access to social media platform X around the time of elections in February, the interior ministry said, citing national security concerns. Users had reported problems using the platform, formerly known as Twitter, since mid-February, when jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party …

Videos of U.P. slap incident taken down on X in India
1 year, 4 months ago

Videos of U.P. slap incident taken down on X in India

The Hindu  

The Union government moved to block online, the viral video of a Muslim child being attacked by his classmates, in Uttar Pradesh’s Mansurpur village. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology did not respond to a query on the censorship, and neither did an official who is charged with issuing takedown orders to social media platforms under Section 69A of …

India blocks independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla
1 year, 4 months ago

India blocks independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla

Al Jazeera  

The Kashmir Walla says its website and social media accounts have become inaccessible in India. “On Saturday, August 19, we woke up to another deadly blow of finding access to our website and social media accounts blocked,” the website’s staff said in a statement on Sunday. The Kashmir Walla staff said access to the site’s account on X, the social …

Twitter relocates Gilgit-Baltistan users to India, sends digital shockwaves across Pakistan
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter relocates Gilgit-Baltistan users to India, sends digital shockwaves across Pakistan

Firstpost  

Several twitter users in Gilgit-Baltistan complained that when they turn on the location feature on the app, the tweets show to have originated from Kashmir Twitter reportedly blocked Pakistan’s official Twitter account in Gilgit-Baltistan and showed the location of the region in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/JVoxQLddpM — Yasir July 6, 2023 When users tried to access …

Twitter ‘relocates’ users of Pakistani region to India, user
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter ‘relocates’ users of Pakistani region to India, user

Live Mint  

Twitter reportedly have bloc­ked access to the government of Pakistan’s official account in Gilgit-Baltistan and chan­ged the region’s location to parts of India, Dawn reported. “I am in #GilgitBaltistan & @Twitter can’t show tweets from @GovtofPakistan, saying that account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand! He further noted officials in Pakis­tan should take “serious cognisance” …

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines
1 year, 6 months ago

Twitter takes action: Bans over 1.1 million Indian accounts for violating guidelines

India TV News  

In a recent monthly compliance report, Twitter revealed that it had banned a record-breaking 1,132,228 accounts in India between April 26 and May 25. As part of the rules, major digital and social media platforms with over five million users are required to publish monthly compliance reports. In this reporting period, Twitter received a total of 518 complaints from Indian …

‘To stifle marginalised voices’: Amid violence in Manipur, Twitter handle of major tribal leaders' forum blocked
1 year, 6 months ago

‘To stifle marginalised voices’: Amid violence in Manipur, Twitter handle of major tribal leaders' forum blocked

Hindustan Times  

The Twitter account of the prominent tribal leaders' group that has been spearheading the agitation in Manipur against the N Biren Singh-led BJP government, Indigenous Tribal Leaders Forum, has been ‘withheld’. “The ITLF Media Cell Twitter account, vital for raising awareness about Kuki-Zo tribal communities in Manipur, has been blocked in India. Despite tirelessly working towards addressing their challenges, this …

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey
1 year, 7 months ago

India threatened to block Twitter, raid employees: former CEO Jack Dorsey

The Hindu  

Former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said that the Indian government had threatened to shut down the social media network in the country. — Twitter Global Government Affairs May 27, 2021 “This is an outright lie by” Mr. Dorsey, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology said in a response posted on Twitter. “No one …

Pakistan blocks Twitter, restricts internet after Khan’s arrest
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistan blocks Twitter, restricts internet after Khan’s arrest

Al Jazeera  

The move comes as violence erupts in several cities after the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. *********Pakistani authorities have restricted access to Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms amid mounting violence in the country generated by the arrest of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Amnesty International said officials at Pakistan’s telecommunication authority told the UK-based rights …

Twitter takes down tweets globally in response to Punjab & Haryana HC directive
1 year, 8 months ago

Twitter takes down tweets globally in response to Punjab & Haryana HC directive

The Hindu  

Twitter globally took down tweets from Indian users in response to an order from the Punjab & Haryana High Court issued in February, according to information from the social media platform provided to Saurav Das, a transparency activist and journalist whose posts were removed from the platform recently. “Since I had nothing to do with the suo-motu criminal contempt case …

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk
1 year, 9 months ago

‘Unaware why Twitter India pulled posts on BBC docu…’, Elon Musk

Live Mint  

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he was not aware of what exactly happened when the microblogging site took down content related to a documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this year. India ordered the blocking of a BBC documentary in January that questioned Modi's leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, saying that even sharing of …

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet
1 year, 9 months ago

Elon Musk Says He Was Unaware Of Twitter Removing Posts On BBC Prime Minister Narendra Modi Documentary Remove Tweet

ABP News  

On Wednesday morning, Elon Musk participated in a Twitter Spaces conversation with BBC journalist James Clayton. During the conversation, Clayton asked the Twitter CEO about the microblogging platform's removal of posts related to a BBC documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which was later banned in India. Musk clarified that he was not aware of this particular case, but …

Twitter takes down post on Home Minister globally
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter takes down post on Home Minister globally

The Hindu  

In an apparent first, Twitter appears to have withheld a tweet globally in response to a “legal demand” in India. Journalist and Right to Information activist Saurav Das posted a screenshot of two past tweets, one of which appears to quote Union Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, with a message from the social media platform stating that the content …

Twitter Blocked a Country
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter Blocked a Country

Slate  

On Wednesday, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave a virtual address at the second-ever Summit for Democracy, hailing his country as the “best example of democracy in the world.” As Modi’s words were beamed out to dozens of other nations, the Indian government was cracking down on its citizens’ digital rights—again. Indian authorities, who have still not caught Singh, have …

Government flags ‘unverified’ tweets on Punjab issue
1 year, 9 months ago

Government flags ‘unverified’ tweets on Punjab issue

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has continued its crackdown on posts on Twitter, according to public filings obtained by The Hindu. While some of the removed tweets and accounts contain unverified information on the situation in Punjab, where police continue to search for the pro-Khalistan preacher Amritpal Singh, the tweets flagged by the government also include older posts …

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter bans Pakistan government’s account in India

Live Mint  

The official Twitter account of the Pakistan government, in response to a legal demand, has been banned in India. Additionally, in August, India blocked eight YouTube-based news channels, including one based in Pakistan, as well as a Facebook account that was disseminating "fake, anti-India content" online. Meanwhile, Pakistan has been removed from the EU's "High-Risk Third Countries" list due to …

Twitter temporarily blocks BBC’s Punjabi handle as Amritpal manhunt continues
1 year, 9 months ago

Twitter temporarily blocks BBC’s Punjabi handle as Amritpal manhunt continues

Live Mint  

The British Broadcasting Corporation's Punjabi news account on micro-blogging site Twitter was temporarily withheld in India ‘in response to a legal demand’. The media organisation has said that their Twitter account was targeted by the Indian Government for reporting on the manhunt to arrest Pro-Khalistan radical preacher of ‘Waris Punjab De’ Amritpal Singh. Gagandeep Singh, a journalist in a Chandigarh-based …

BBC News Punjabi ‘withheld’, restored hours later in India
1 year, 9 months ago

BBC News Punjabi ‘withheld’, restored hours later in India

The Hindu  

The Twitter account of the BBC’s Punjabi news service was ‘withheld’ in India for a few hours based on a government request on March 28. Twitter has not yet published details of the legal request that led it to restrict BBC News Punjabi’s account. The Indian offices of the BBC were ‘surveyed’ by the Income Tax Department shortly after the …

BBC Punjabi Twitter account withheld amid manhunt for Amritpal Singh
1 year, 9 months ago

BBC Punjabi Twitter account withheld amid manhunt for Amritpal Singh

India TV News  

The Twitter account of BBC Punjabi news was withheld in India by authorities as the manhunt for Khalistani sympathiser Amritpal Singh continued. "BBC News Punjabi Twitter account blocked in India for spreading misinformation on law and order situation in Punjab and anti-India propaganda," wrote another Twitter user. Just a day earlier, Nepal put fugitive radical preacher Amritpal Singh, who is …

122 Twitter accounts blocked this week in India on request of govt: Report
1 year, 9 months ago

122 Twitter accounts blocked this week in India on request of govt: Report

Live Mint  

The micro blogging site, Twitter, this week blocked 122 accounts in response to legal requests from the Indian government, a report by Rest of the World has stated. The blocked development also comes follows a police crackdown and a subsequent internet shutdown in the north Indian state of Punjab to arrest separatist figure Amritpal Singh Sandhu. The withheld accounts also …

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts blocked in India, Canadian lawmaker Jagmeet Singh’s included
1 year, 9 months ago

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts blocked in India, Canadian lawmaker Jagmeet Singh’s included

The Hindu  

Pro-Khalistan Twitter accounts have been withheld in India. India has launched a strong protest with the United Kingdom over the vandalisation incident at the Indian High Commission in London, Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra said on Monday. Responding to queries during a media briefing on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit here, the Foreign Secretary said that the British Deputy …

Journalists’ Twitter accounts withheld, internet suspended as India hunts for fugitive ‘preacher’
1 year, 9 months ago

Journalists’ Twitter accounts withheld, internet suspended as India hunts for fugitive ‘preacher’

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities suspended the Twitter accounts …

India cuts internet to 27 million as Punjab police hunt Sikh separatist
1 year, 9 months ago

India cuts internet to 27 million as Punjab police hunt Sikh separatist

CNN  

CNN — Indian authorities have blocked internet access for about 27 million people in the state of Punjab for a fourth straight day – one of the country’s most extensive blackouts in recent years – as police search for a Sikh separatist on the run. The internet shutdown – which affects everyone in the northern Indian state – was extended …

Twitter can’t oppose blocking of accounts: Govt in Karnataka HC
1 year, 11 months ago

Twitter can’t oppose blocking of accounts: Govt in Karnataka HC

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi Twitter had moved court after the electronics and IT ministry, through a notice on June 26 last year, warned it of penal action against its chief compliance officer, and granted it a final opportunity to comply with a series of blocking orders issued in 2021. Social media platform Twitter is a foreign business entity and does not have …

Twitter bans 48,624 accounts in India because of policy violations
2 years ago

Twitter bans 48,624 accounts in India because of policy violations

India TV News  

The new year started with some more banning from Twitter as Elon Musk prohibits around 45,589 accounts in India between October 26 and November 25. At the time of writing, Twitter has banned around 48,624 accounts in the reporting period from India. Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, said that it received 755 …

Twitter account of Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun withheld in India
2 years, 1 month ago

Twitter account of Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun withheld in India

Op India  

On December 13, the Twitter account of Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun, best known for disinformation against India, Kashmir, the Government of India and Hindus, was withheld in India. Washington Post columnist Khaled Beydoun’s Twitter account is withheld in India. If Elon Musk really means what he says about “no censorship on Twitter,” he’ll act.” Khaled Beydoun irked by his …

News18 Afternoon Digest: Pakistani Government's Twitter Account Withheld in India Due to 'Legal Demand' & Other Stories
2 years, 3 months ago

News18 Afternoon Digest: Pakistani Government's Twitter Account Withheld in India Due to 'Legal Demand' & Other Stories

News 18  

5G Launch: From Device Price to Data Cost, We Focussed on 4 Pillars, Says PM Modi, Promises ‘Internet for All’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi ushered India into the 5G era on Saturday with the launch of 5G telephony services in the country at the India Mobile Conference 2022. Farooq Abdullah will be Jailed soon, Says BJP J&K Chief; Makes Big …

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time
2 years, 3 months ago

Twitter withholds Pakistan govt’s account in India for the second time

Live Mint  

In the second time this year, the Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan has been withheld for users in India on 1 October, 2022. Previously, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry had blocked 16 YouTube news channels including six Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India's national security, foreign relations, and public order. In August this year, India blocked …

Pakistani Government's Twitter Account Withheld in India Due to 'Legal Demand'
2 years, 3 months ago

Pakistani Government's Twitter Account Withheld in India Due to 'Legal Demand'

News 18  

The Twitter account of the Pakistani government has been taken down in India. Sharing a screenshot of the Pakistan government’s account, news agency ANI on Saturday morning posted that “the Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan withheld in India.” The Twitter account of the Government of Pakistan withheld in India pic.twitter.com/60Uzpoujwz— ANI October 1, 2022 On Friday, Pakistan Maritime …

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation

Op India  

On September 29, the Twitter account of Popular Front of India was withheld in India. The move came following the ban on the Islamist organisation and its sister organisations imposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on September 27 via gazette notification. Source: Twitter Along with Twitter account, PFI’s website, Facebook account and YouTube profile have been …

Objectionable Posts Against Hindu Gods: Twitter Tells Delhi HC It Can't Decide What Content On Its Platform Is Unlawful Unless Put To 'Actual Knowledge'
2 years, 4 months ago

Objectionable Posts Against Hindu Gods: Twitter Tells Delhi HC It Can't Decide What Content On Its Platform Is Unlawful Unless Put To 'Actual Knowledge'

Live Law  

The micro-blogging website Twitter has informed the Delhi High Court that being an intermediary, it cannot decide whether content on its platform is lawful or otherwise unless it is put to such "actual knowledge".Twitter has further informed the Court that it can take down content from the platform on being notified about the same by way of a court order …

I&B Ministry blocks seven Indian and one Pakistani YouTube news channels for ‘spreading misinformation’
2 years, 4 months ago

I&B Ministry blocks seven Indian and one Pakistani YouTube news channels for ‘spreading misinformation’

The Hindu  

The Information & Broadcasting Ministry has blocked seven Indian and one Pakistan-based YouTube news channels for allegedly spreading disinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations and public order. ”Fake anti-India content was being monetised by the blocked channels on YouTube,” said an official, adding that a Facebook account and two posts on the social media platform have also been …

Twitter seeks judicial review of Indian orders to take down content: Report
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter seeks judicial review of Indian orders to take down content: Report

Live Mint  

Twitter asked an Indian court on Tuesday to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Twitter has been asked by Indian authorities over the past year to act on content including accounts supportive of an independent Sikh …

Twitter to India court: Overturn gov’t orders to remove content
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter to India court: Overturn gov’t orders to remove content

Al Jazeera  

The US company’s attempt to get a judicial review of some Indian gov’t orders is part of a growing confrontation. Twitter has asked an Indian court to overturn some government orders to remove content from the social media platform, a source familiar with the matter said, in a legal challenge which alleges abuse of power by officials. Twitter has been …

Twitter India bans accounts of Pakistan embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran, Egypt
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter India bans accounts of Pakistan embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran, Egypt

India TV News  

Highlights The Twitter accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt are banned in India. The official Twitter accounts of Pakistan Embassies in UN, Turkey, Iran and Egypt have banned by the social media platform in India. This development comes at a time when the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting earlier blocked 16 YouTube news channels including 6 …

Twitter account of pro-Khalistan author withheld in India, had previously blamed Hindus for attack against Sikhs in Afghanistan by Islamists
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter account of pro-Khalistan author withheld in India, had previously blamed Hindus for attack against Sikhs in Afghanistan by Islamists

Op India  

The Twitter account of Kashmir-based pro-Khalistan author Amaan Bali has been withheld in India on the instructions of the Government of India. Twitter account withheld notice Amaan Bali had extended support to the Farmer’s Protest that turned violent on several occasions and had also peddled pro-Khalistan propaganda. If someone from India tried to open his account, a message that read …

Twitter account of fake news peddler CJ Werleman banned in India
2 years, 6 months ago

Twitter account of fake news peddler CJ Werleman banned in India

Op India  

On June 22, the Twitter handle of fake news peddler and Islamic terror apologist CJ Werleman was withheld in India. He said, “More proof @Twitter is operating as a protection racket for the Indian government: my account has now been withheld in India because of demands made by the far-right, Hindu fascist regime of Narendra Modi. in response to a …

Six Pakistan-based YouTube channels among 16 blocked for spreading disinformation related to India's national security
2 years, 8 months ago

Six Pakistan-based YouTube channels among 16 blocked for spreading disinformation related to India's national security

Firstpost  

The blocked social media accounts include six Pakistan-based and 10 India-based YouTube news channels, having a cumulative viewership of over 68 crore New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting blocked 16 YouTube news channels including 10 Indian and 6 Pakistan-based channels for spreading disinformation related to India’s national security, foreign relations, and public order. According to the Ministry of …

Govt Of India Blocks 16 YouTube Channels For Spreading False News: All Details
2 years, 8 months ago

Govt Of India Blocks 16 YouTube Channels For Spreading False News: All Details

News 18  

The Indian Government on Monday blocked 16 YouTube news channels, out of which six of them were based out of Pakistan. The statement also pointed out that the six channels from Pakistan and 10 of those from India, were spreading, “false, unverified information to create panic, incite communal disharmony and disturb public order in India." As for the channels from …

Government Bans 22 YouTube Channels For Spreading Fake News: Full List
2 years, 9 months ago

Government Bans 22 YouTube Channels For Spreading Fake News: Full List

News 18  

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has blocked 22 YouTube channels for spreading misinformation related to India?s national security. PIB also said that the I&B Ministry has also blocked three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account, and one news website. Further, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has also blocked three Twitter accounts, one Facebook account, and one news website alongside …

Twitter Can Block Donald Trump's Account But Not User Posting Objectionable Content About Hindu Gods? Delhi High Court Asks
2 years, 9 months ago

Twitter Can Block Donald Trump's Account But Not User Posting Objectionable Content About Hindu Gods? Delhi High Court Asks

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court on Monday asked Twitter why it cannot block the account of a user, found to be repeatedly posting objectionable content about Hindu gods and goddesses, when in the same breath the micro-blogging website has suspended former US President Donald Trump's account.As Twitter claimed that users post all kinds of content and it cannot block their accounts, …

Website, channel, app of 'Punjab Politics TV' banned for inciting separatist sentiments
2 years, 10 months ago

Website, channel, app of 'Punjab Politics TV' banned for inciting separatist sentiments

Op India  

The Central Government has ordered the blocking of apps, websites and social media accounts having close links with banned Khalistani outfit Sikhs For Justice. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday released a statement banning the foreign-based youtube channel ‘Punjab Politics TV’ linked with SFJ which is banned in India under the Unlawful Activities Act. Government of #India blocks …

Twitter restores the account of Kashmiri journalist Aarti Tikoo
3 years ago

Twitter restores the account of Kashmiri journalist Aarti Tikoo

Op India  

A week after Journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh dragged Twitter to the Delhi High Court for blocking her account, the social media giant has written to Tikoo’s lawyer Mukesh Sharma informing that her account has been restored. In relation to a petition by Founder & Editor of The New Indian Arti Tikoo in Delhi High Court challenging the locking of her …

Aarti Tikoo Singh moves Delhi HCgainst Twitter for blocking her account
3 years ago

Aarti Tikoo Singh moves Delhi HCgainst Twitter for blocking her account

Op India  

Co-founder of news website The New Indian, Journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh has taken Twitter to the Delhi High Court for suspending her account. The platform had suspended Aarti’s Twitter account after she had shared a video of Islamist extremists sending ‘death threats’ to her brother on December 15, 2021. In a tweet tagging Twitter, she had alleged that Twitter India …

Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices
3 years, 3 months ago

Social media giants accused of ‘silencing’ Kashmir voices

Al Jazeera  

Twitter, Facebook and Instagram are taking down accounts of Kashmiris, a report by a Kashmiri diaspora group says. A report by a Kashmiri diaspora group has accused social media giants Twitter, Facebook and Instagram of silencing Kashmiri voices in the digital spaces through the frequent suspension of the accounts of artists, academics, and journalists based in and outside the disputed …

'No Urgency, You Can Do Without Twitter': Delhi High Court In Sanjay Hegde's Plea For Early Hearing In Twitter Account Suspension Case
3 years, 4 months ago

'No Urgency, You Can Do Without Twitter': Delhi High Court In Sanjay Hegde's Plea For Early Hearing In Twitter Account Suspension Case

Live Law  

While dealing with an application for early-hearing filed by Advocate Sanjay Hegde in the case pertaining to suspension of his Twitter account, the Delhi High Court observed that the matter does not involve any 'urgency' and posted it on September 29.Observing that several other matters of importance are pending, Justice Rekha Palli remarked,"Suspension of Twitter account is no urgency. While …

Twitter Says Rahul Gandhi, Cong Accounts Blocked for Violating Rules
3 years, 5 months ago

Twitter Says Rahul Gandhi, Cong Accounts Blocked for Violating Rules

News 18  

Twitter on Thursday reasoned blocking of several accounts of Congress leaders, including Rahul Gandhi, for posting an image that it said violated its rules and the action was to protect individuals’ privacy and safety. Twitter handles of Gandhi and several Congress leaders have been locked by the US firm for posting pictures of the family of the nine-year-old Dalit rape …

Twitter responds after Congress says Rahul Gandhi's account temporarily suspended
3 years, 5 months ago

Twitter responds after Congress says Rahul Gandhi's account temporarily suspended

India TV News  

The Congress on Saturday claimed that Twitter has "temporarily suspended" the account of its former chief Rahul Gandhi, but later said it has been "temporarily locked" after the microblogging platform denied having suspended the account, stating that it "continues to be in service". "Shri @RahulGandhi's Twitter account has been temporarily suspended & due process is being followed for its restoration," …

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