An FIR has been registered in Khurja Kotwali of Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh on the issue of wrong map of India, in which it has been mentioned by Twitter that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are shown out of the map of India.
The map available on the ‘Tweep Life’ section showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate from India.
Two FIRs have been registered in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh against senior Twitter officials in India for putting up a wrong map of the country. The Delhi Police also said that it has registered an FIR against the ‘microblogging’ website based on a complaint filed by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for allowing it to serve pornographic material related to children.
While Twitter did not comment on the wrong map of India, its spokesperson said that it has a zero-tolerance policy on child sexual abuse and is working closely with legal agencies and NGO partners in India to tackle the issue. Will work. This is a recent tussle between Twitter and Indian officials. While the social media company is facing a standoff with the central government for not complying with the new IT rules, Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari was recently arrested in connection with an attack on an elderly Muslim man by Ghaziabad police in Uttar Pradesh. Summons were sent to post.
In this case, the Uttar Pradesh Police has moved the Supreme Court against the order of the Karnataka High Court which stayed the punitive action against Maheshwari.
FIR registered against Twitter in Bulandshahr
FIR has been registered in Khurja Kotwali of Bulandshahr district on the issue of wrong map. Lawyer Praveen Bhati, a resident of Khurja Nagar in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh, has filed a case at Khurja Kotwali Nagar police station, in which he has mentioned about showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh out of the map of India by Twitter. In the Tahrir given to the police, he said that the sentiments of the public have been hurt by this act. He has filed a case against Twitter Managing Director Manish Maheshwari and India Head Amrita Tripathi alleging tampering with the map. Praveen Bhati is also the co-convener of Uttar Pradesh Bajrang Dal. A case has been registered against him under section 505 (2) of IPC.
Section 505(2) deals with “making statements intended to cause or promote enmity, hatred between different classes”. According to the FIR, section 74 (publication for fraudulent purposes) of the Information Technology Act has also been added in this case. The map shows the Union Territories of Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir outside India.
FIR registered on Twitter in Madhya Pradesh too
In Madhya Pradesh too, an FIR has been registered on Twitter regarding the wrong map. A few hours after Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra directed the police’s cyber cell here on Tuesday to tamper with the map of India on Twitter, a senior company official Manish Singh was accused of showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate countries. An FIR has been registered against Maheshwari.
Gurkaran Singh, Superintendent of Police, Cyber Cell said, “After receiving a complaint regarding tampering with the map of India on Twitter, under Section 505(2) of IPC, the Managing Director of Twitter India, Manish Maheshwari, in the Cyber Cell here today. FIR has been registered.” He said that this case has been registered on the complaint of Durgesh Keswani. Keswani is the spokesperson of Madhya Pradesh BJP.
Delhi Police also went against Twitter
Meanwhile, Delhi Police has also registered an FIR against the ‘microblogging’ website for allowing it to serve pornographic material related to children on Twitter. Officials said on Tuesday that an FIR has been registered on the basis of a complaint from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). He said that a case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO) and Information Technology Act.
Earlier, on behalf of the commission, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) Anesh Roy was asked why action was not taken against Twitter as per a letter written to Delhi Police on 29 May. In the letter, the commission had asked the Delhi Police to register a case against Twitter. A recent inquiry by the commission found that material related to sexual abuse of children is readily available on Twitter, on the basis of which the case was asked to be registered.
Delhi Police’s Public Relations Officer Chinmoy Biswal said, “Acting on the complaint received by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, IPC, Information Technology Act, on the content (links and accounts) related to sexual abuse of children on Twitter. And an FIR has been registered by the Cyber Cell under the POCSO Act and investigation is underway. Police said that the complaint was against Twitter Inc and Twitter Communication India Pvt Ltd.
Responding to the FIR lodged against Twitter, a Twitter spokesperson said that the company follows a zero-tolerance policy in cases of child sexual abuse and the company has a proactive approach to combating cases of sexual abuse of minors. .
Twitter lost its mediator status in India
Significantly, the microblogging platform has lost its arbiter status in India, after which it is responsible for any illegal posts by users. Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Police has moved the Supreme Court against the order of the Karnataka High Court staying coercive action against Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari in connection with the investigation into a case related to the assault of an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad. . The High Court on June 24, while giving relief to Maheshwari, had asked the Ghaziabad police not to take coercive action against her and also said that she can be interrogated digitally. The Ghaziabad police had issued summons to Maheshwari.
Sources said that the Uttar Pradesh government has filed a special leave petition challenging the high court’s order and said the right to investigate has been curtailed. On June 21, Ghaziabad Police had issued a notice to the Managing Director of Twitter India, who lives in Bengaluru, asking him to report to Loni Border Police Station at 10:30 am on Thursday and record his statement in the matter.
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On June 15, the Ghaziabad police had registered a case against Twitter Inc., Twitter Communications India, news portal The Wire, journalists Muhammad Zubair and Rana Ayyub as well as Congress leaders Salman Nizami, Maskoor Usmani, Shama Mohammad and writer Saba Naqvi. A case was registered against him for circulating a video of an elderly man who had been assaulted for the purpose of spreading communal unrest. In a video clip that surfaced on social media on June 14, Abdul Shamad Saifi, an elderly Muslim man, alleged that some youths thrashed him and asked him to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’. Police denied having a communal angle in the incident, claiming that the video was shared to create social unrest.
IT Affairs Standing Committee seeks response from Twitter
Twitter on Friday again came under fire after it temporarily blocked the account of Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for allegedly violating US copyright law. A committee of Parliament has sought a reply from this micro-blogging unit within two days in the matter of temporary closure of Twitter accounts of Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. Sources gave this information on Tuesday. The Standing Committee on Information Technology Affairs has sent a letter to Twitter seeking its reply within two days. Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is the head of this committee.
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