Cartoonist Manjul dropped by Network18 after Centre seeks action against his Twitter handle

Meanwhile, lawyer Prashant Bhushan got a notice from the social media company, at the request of the government, for sharing a cartoon by Satish Acharya.

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· Jun 11, 2021 · 10:46 am

‘Making every effort’ to comply with new IT rules, Twitter tells Centre

The social media giant said it has appointed a nodal contact person and a resident grievance officer as mandated by the guidelines.

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· Jun 09, 2021 · 08:58 pm

Twitter blocks accounts of singer Jazzy B, three others on Centre’s request

Jazzy B has frequently tweeted in support of farmers protesting against the Centre’s agriculture laws.

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· Jun 08, 2021 · 03:32 pm

‘Immediately comply’: Twitter gets final notice from Centre to adhere to new IT rules

The government alleged that the company has ‘doggedly refused to create mechanisms’ in India for users to resolve their problems.

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· Jun 05, 2021 · 02:11 pm

Twitter briefly removes blue check mark from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu’s handle

A Twitter spokesperson said this was done as Naidu’s account was inactive for six months.

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· Jun 05, 2021 · 10:49 am

Cartoonist Manjul gets Twitter notice saying Centre is seeking action against his handle

The cartoonist has illustrated the grim reality of the devastating second wave of the coronavirus pandemic.

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· Jun 05, 2021 · 08:41 am

Twitter says it’s concerned about intimidation tactics by police in India

This comes at a time when tension has been brewing between the social media giant and the Modi government due to the ‘tookit’ controversy and new IT rules.

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· May 27, 2021 · 01:21 pm

‘Toolkit’ row: Congress calls for ‘manipulated media’ tag on tweets of 11 Union ministers

The Congress told Twitter that the BJP leaders were trying to ‘gain undue and wrongful political advantage’.

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· May 25, 2021 · 09:20 pm

‘Toolkit’ row: Two Congress leaders get notices from Delhi Police to join investigation

Rajiv Gowda and Rohan Gupta had filed a complaint against BJP’s Sambit Patra for tweets about an alleged document prepared by the Congress.

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· May 25, 2021 · 02:35 pm

Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account permanently suspended

The actor had urged Modi to tame West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee using his ‘viraat roop’ from ‘early 2000s’.

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· May 04, 2021 · 12:47 pm

Facebook temporarily blocks #ResignModi, says it was mistake

Users looking for the hashtag were shown a message saying the posts were hidden because ‘some content in those posts goes against our community standards’.

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· Apr 29, 2021 · 10:12 am

On Centre’s request, Twitter takes down 52 tweets criticising India’s handling of pandemic: Report

The tweets include those from a sitting Congress MP and a West Bengal minister.

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· Apr 24, 2021 · 09:14 pm