Government tears into Twitter for tagging Congress toolkit as manipulated media, tells it to not act like an investigative company

A day after Twitter appearing on behalf of Congress flagged BJP spokesman Sambit Patra’s innocent tweet as ‘manipulated media’, the Union authorities has pulled the microblogging platform for its dictatorial actions. Slamming Twitter, the Ministry of Electronics and IT demanded that the tag be eliminated, asserting that it’s as much as investigative authorities and never Twitter to find out the veracity of the toolkit.#ETNOWExclusive | @TwitterIndia is as soon as once more in bother as the federal government objects to #Twitter utilizing the tag of ‘manipulated media’Check out the small print@NayantaraRai pic.twitter.com/cwWDrvt8oy— ET NOW (@ETNOWlive) May 21, 2021The authorities has strongly iterated that Twitter can’t cross its judgement whereas the matter is below investigation. “Such tagging by Twitter appears prejudged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt to colour the investigation by local law enforcement agency” a supply was quoted as saying by The Hindu.“Ministry of Electronics and IT has further stated in its communication that Twitter unilaterally chose to go ahead and designate certain tweets as ‘Manipulated’, pending investigation by law enforcement agency. This action not only dilutes the credibility of Twitter as a neutral and unbiased platform facilitating exchange of views by the users but also puts a question mark on the status of Twitter as an “Intermediary”,” the supply additional added.Reported by TFI, after being uncovered for the devious Toolkit that was hatched to defame the Modi authorities and create an obstacle in India’s conflict towards the pandemic — Congress on Thursday wrote a letter to Twitter asking it to completely droop the accounts of BJP leaders together with get together chief JP Nadda and Union minister Smriti Irani and spokesman Sambit Patra for allegedly “spreading misinformation and unrest in the society”.We’ve formally written to @Twitter looking for suspension of Twitter accounts of BJP leaders who’re indulging in spreading solid paperwork attributing to Congress.While an FIR has already been lodged, the impartial fact-checkers too have blown the lid off BJP’s propaganda. pic.twitter.com/DeVUO585l3— Rohan Gupta (@rohanrgupta) May 20, 2021Read More: Twitter follows Congress’ command: Flags Sambit Patra’s toolkit publish as manipulated mediaAnd like clockwork accuracy, Twitter being a stooge of the left-liberal cabal flagged the tweet of Sambit Patra as manipulated media. In the tweet, Patra had merely accused the Congress get together of finishing up PR train with the assistance of “Friendly Journalists” and “Influencers”.“Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic! More of a PR exercise with the help of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour. Read for yourselves the agenda of the Congress: #CongressToolKitExposed,” Patra had posted.Friends have a look at the #CongressToolKit in extending assist to the needy in the course of the Pandemic!More of a PR train with the assistance of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour.Read for yourselves the agenda of the Congress:#CongressToolKitExposed pic.twitter.com/3b7c2GN0re— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) May 18, 2021Read More: ‘Make patients tag Congress, block beds, give priority to VIPs,’ Congress’ COVID-19 toolkit uncoveredTwitter with its ‘holier-than-thou’ angle thinks of itself because the decide, jury and the executioner, which has the authority to make unilateral choices that definitely impinge on a person’s freedom of speech and liberty – the core tenets that large tech firms declare to be their driving pressure. However, on the subject of enacting what they preach, the Silicon Valley firms are most of the time discovered wanting.