The Congress on Thursday alleged that the celebration’s official Twitter account in addition to that of numerous its leaders and staff have been locked by the microblogging website.
This comes shut on the heels of the locking of celebration chief Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account after he shared footage of the household of a nine-year-old alleged rape and homicide sufferer final week in violation of the legislation.
Congress social media division head Rohan Gupta stated the celebration’s official Twitter account and round 5,000 accounts of its prime leaders and staff have been locked by Twitter.
He alleged that Twitter is appearing in opposition to Congress leaders underneath stress from the federal government.
“Twitter is clearly acting under government’s pressure, as it did not remove the same pictures shared by the Twitter accounts of National Commission for Scheduled Castes for a few days,” Gupta stated.
A Twitter spokesperson offered the next assertion:
“The Twitter Rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone on our service. We have taken proactive action on several hundred Tweets that posted an image that violated our Rules, and may continue to do so in line with our range of enforcement options. Certain types of private information carry higher risks than others, and our aim is always to protect individuals’ privacy and safety. We strongly encourage everyone on the service to familiarise themselves with the Twitter Rules and report anything they believe is in violation.”
The Twitter accounts of AICC common secretaries Randeep Surjewala, Ok C Venugopal, Ajay Maken, celebration’s whip in Lok Sabha Manickam Tagore, Assam in-charge and former Union minister Jitendra Singh and Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev have additionally been locked, the celebration stated.
“So! After Shri @RahulGandhi, the Lord @narendramodi Ji and Vassal @Jack & @twitter have locked @rssurjewala, @ajaymaken & @sushmitadevinc. @INCIndia registers its protest and promises to continue the fight for each and all being wronged! We shall hold on @AshwiniVaishnaw Ji,” tweeted Pranav Jha, AICC secretary in-charge of celebration’s Communications Department final night time. His account was later locked too at night time.
“The list goes on. @Twitter locks @JitendraSAlwar and @manickamtagore and many more. Doesn’t Modi Ji understand that we @INCindia’ns have a legacy of fighting even from behind the locks of kaala paani,” he had requested in one other tweet.
“He thinks the virtual locks of Twitter will deter us from fighting for India,” Jha stated.
The Congress has accused Twitter of appearing in opposition to Gandhi’s account underneath stress from the federal government.
Gandhi had tweeted footage with the household of a nine-year-old sufferer of alleged rape and homicide in Delhi final week.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) took cognisance of Gandhi’s tweet and directed Twitter to behave in opposition to the Congress chief’s account for violating the privateness of a minor sufferer, mandated by the legal guidelines of the land.
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