Twitter marks video of PM Modi tweeted by AAP, Congress leaders as ‘out of context’

By ANI

NEW DELHI: Social media platform Twitter on Sunday marked the tweets by Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta, as “presented out of context”, who shared a clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind within the Central Hall of Parliament.

In the video shared by the 2 leaders, President Kovind is seen greeting the leaders, together with PM Modi and Union minister Piyush Goyal sitting within the entrance row throughout the farewell operate hosted by the MPs on Saturday.

ऐसा अपमान Very Sorry Sir
ये लोग ऐसे ही हैं, आपका कार्यकाल ख़त्म अब आपकी तरफ़ देखेंगे भी नही। pic.twitter.com/xaGIOkuyDM

— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 24, 2022

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have been amongst these current on the event. President Kovind’s tenure as President got here to an finish on Sunday.

Hitting out on the BJP, Gupta tweeted “Don’t Disturb” attaching the clip, whereas Singh tweeted “Such an insult Very Sorry Sir. These people are like this, your term is over, now they will not even look at you”.

Twitter marked each the tweets as “out of context” and stated, “PM Modi did greet President Ram Nath Kovind in his farewell event, say fact-checkers and news reports”.

The social media platform, whereas attaching an image through Rashtrapati Bhavan of PM Modi greeting the President whereas the latter went previous him, stated, “On July 23, 2022, a farewell event was organized in Parliament to commemorate the end of President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure. A short clip from the event is being shared with misleading claims, according to fact-checkers. Boom Live, The Quint and other news media have reported PM Modi can be seen greeting the president in the original video footage.”

Twitter marks the media “out of context” that “may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm”.

“You may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm (“deceptive media”). In addition, we may label Tweets containing misleading media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context,” in accordance with the Twitter web site.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, whereas alleging that Sanjay Singh had insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by sharing an “edited clip” of him greeting President Ram Nath Kovind in Parliament, questioned the intention behind the act of the AAP chief.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated that PM Modi had greeted President Kovind which may very well be seen within the full video of the Parliament.

Addressing a press convention right here, Poonawalla stated, “Sanjay Singh tweeted today in which he said that the outgoing president was insulted. There could not be anything more unfortunate than this. He posted an edited clip and levels allegations against the Prime Minister at such an event on which there should not be any politics. The edited clip was shared. The Prime Minister had greeted President Kovind which could be seen in the full video. There are pictures in the public domain showing PM Modi greeting the President. Still, such an allegation was levelled. What was the intention?” 

NEW DELHI: Social media platform Twitter on Sunday marked the tweets by Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh and Congress spokesperson Rohan Gupta, as “presented out of context”, who shared a clip of Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeting outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind within the Central Hall of Parliament.

In the video shared by the 2 leaders, President Kovind is seen greeting the leaders, together with PM Modi and Union minister Piyush Goyal sitting within the entrance row throughout the farewell operate hosted by the MPs on Saturday.

ऐसा अपमान Very Sorry Sir
ये लोग ऐसे ही हैं, आपका कार्यकाल ख़त्म अब आपकी तरफ़ देखेंगे भी नही। pic.twitter.com/xaGIOkuyDM
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 24, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury have been amongst these current on the event. President Kovind’s tenure as President got here to an finish on Sunday.

Hitting out on the BJP, Gupta tweeted “Don’t Disturb” attaching the clip, whereas Singh tweeted “Such an insult Very Sorry Sir. These people are like this, your term is over, now they will not even look at you”.

Twitter marked each the tweets as “out of context” and stated, “PM Modi did greet President Ram Nath Kovind in his farewell event, say fact-checkers and news reports”.

The social media platform, whereas attaching an image through Rashtrapati Bhavan of PM Modi greeting the President whereas the latter went previous him, stated, “On July 23, 2022, a farewell event was organized in Parliament to commemorate the end of President Ram Nath Kovind’s tenure. A short clip from the event is being shared with misleading claims, according to fact-checkers. Boom Live, The Quint and other news media have reported PM Modi can be seen greeting the president in the original video footage.”

Twitter marks the media “out of context” that “may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm”.

“You may not share synthetic, manipulated, or out-of-context media that may deceive or confuse people and lead to harm (“deceptive media”). In addition, we may label Tweets containing misleading media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context,” in accordance with the Twitter web site.

Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, whereas alleging that Sanjay Singh had insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by sharing an “edited clip” of him greeting President Ram Nath Kovind in Parliament, questioned the intention behind the act of the AAP chief.

BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla stated that PM Modi had greeted President Kovind which may very well be seen within the full video of the Parliament.

Addressing a press convention right here, Poonawalla stated, “Sanjay Singh tweeted today in which he said that the outgoing president was insulted. There could not be anything more unfortunate than this. He posted an edited clip and levels allegations against the Prime Minister at such an event on which there should not be any politics. The edited clip was shared. The Prime Minister had greeted President Kovind which could be seen in the full video. There are pictures in the public domain showing PM Modi greeting the President. Still, such an allegation was levelled. What was the intention?”