Child rights body approaches Delhi HC for removal of Alt News co-founder’s tweet

The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has accused Twitter of not cooperating with law enforcement agencies in the matter.

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· Sep 17, 2021 · 11:48 am

Facebook allows high-profile users to violate content rules: The Wall Street Journal

As many as 58 lakh users under the platform’s XCheck system were allowed to post content that did not undergo normal procedures of scrutiny.

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· Sep 14, 2021 · 06:01 pm

Child rights body summons Facebook official, seeks action against Rahul Gandhi’s Instagram video

The NCPCR alleged that the video revealed the identity of the family of a nine-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and murdered.

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· Aug 14, 2021 · 08:25 pm

Twitter restores Rahul Gandhi’s account after locking it for a week

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said locking an account was an extreme step that curbed freedom of speech.

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· Aug 14, 2021 · 12:12 pm

Twitter has locked the account of India’s largest Opposition party. What does that mean?

BJP efforts to intimidate social media networks to toe its line have certainly worked. Yet it’s unclear why Congress picked this incident to make its case.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Aug 14, 2021 · 06:30 am

Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account locked, Congress accuses BJP of intimidating the company

A Twitter spokesperson said due process was being followed to restore the Congress leader’s account.

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· Aug 08, 2021 · 09:17 am

Ghaziabad assault case: Karnataka HC quashes notice to Twitter India MD

The High Court described the notice, issued under Section 41A of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as a tool of harassment.

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· Jul 23, 2021 · 07:16 pm

Facebook often removes evidence of rights atrocities – but here’s how citizens can preserve it

We need a decentralised platform, without gatekeepers or potential single points of failure, to gather incriminating material.

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· Jul 18, 2021 · 11:30 pm

Twitter India chief says he will appear before UP police if given protection against arrest

The Twitter executive has filed a petition challenging a notice asking him to appear before the police in relation to the Ghaziabad assault case.

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· Jul 06, 2021 · 06:59 pm

Ghaziabad assault case: UP Police move Supreme Court against High Court relief to Twitter India head

The matter is in connection with a case related to tweets about the assault of an elderly Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district.

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· Jun 29, 2021 · 11:29 am

Twitter accounts of RS Prasad, Congress’ Shashi Tharoor blocked briefly over ‘copyright complaints’

Tharoor said the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology will seek an explanation from the micro-blogging platform.

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· Jun 25, 2021 · 04:52 pm

Ghaziabad assault case: No coercive action should be taken against Twitter India head, says HC

The Uttar Pradesh Police had asked Manish Maheshwari to appear at the police station for questioning by 10.30 am on Thursday or face action.

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· Jun 24, 2021 · 03:50 pm