Indian police hit Twitter office directly on issue of politician's tweet labeled 'manipulated media'



In India, where the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) is serious, a

politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party , the ruling party, tweeted with an image accusing the opposition party, and it was 'media manipulated' by Twitter. There was a situation where the label was attached. In response, the Bharatiya Janata Party has requested Twitter to remove the label, and police have reportedly visited Twitter India's office.

Police at Twitter's door after BJP posts flagged; Opposition slams'intimidation' | India News, The Indian Express
https://indianexpress.com/article/india/twitter-india-delhi-police-raid-7328607/



Delhi Police: Visit to Twitter India offices part of routine process | India News --Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/delhi-police-raids-twitter-india-offices/articleshow/82912102.cms

Police in India raid Twitter offices in probe of tweets with'manipulated media' label --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/24/22451271/police-india-raid-twitter-tweets-government-manipulated-media

As part of its measures against fake news, Twitter will label media that has been edited and forged for the purpose of deceiving people from 2020 as 'manipulated media' to provide information so that users will not be fooled. I am. In March, shortly after the announcement of this measure, it became a hot topic that a tweet with a video of former US President Donald Trump was labeled as 'manipulated media.'

Twitter labels President Trump's retweeted fake video as 'manipulated media'-GIGAZINE



And in May 2021, there was a turmoil over the 'manipulated media' label in India, where COVID-19 infection is severe. The beginning of the matter was that the new coronavirus mutant strain ' B.1.617 strain ' discovered in India began to be called 'Indian variant (Indian strain)' on social media and other media.

WHO is calling not to identify the virus or its mutant strain by the name of the country or region where it was found, but for the sake of clarity, not only social media but also newspapers etc. identify the mutant strain by the name of the country. I will. The Indian government has referred to social media as 'Indian strains', fearing that the allegedly infectious and pathogenic mutants are called 'Indian strains', damaging the image of India and the ruling party. I am asking you to delete the content.

Government of India Requests SNS to Delete All Content Related to New Corona 'Indian Stocks' --GIGAZINE



In connection with the term 'Indian stock,' Sambit Patra, a spokeswoman for the Bharatiya Janata Party, said on May 18 that 'the opposition Indian National Congress will call the mutant stock' Modi stock 'foreign countries. instructs, such as in human journalist, Narendra Modi and 'are working to image down of Prime Minister tweets gave a.

However, tweets posted by several Bharatiya Janata politicians, including this tweet, were labeled as 'manipulated media.' An image that seems to be an internal document of the Indian National Congress was attached to the tweet, but it seems that this document was determined to be forged.



The Bharatiya Janata Party claims that the Indian National Congress used a 'toolkit' to take advantage of the pandemic and damage the ruling party's reputation, but the Indian National Congress argues that it has not created such a toolkit. .. Alt News, an Indian fact-checking agency, also points out that the information about the 'Toolkit of the Indian National Congress' is incorrect.



The Indian National Congress claims that the series of tweets was forged based on documents about unrelated projects. He asked Twitter to permanently suspend the accounts of JP Nadda, the governor of the Bharatiya Janata Party, and Smriti Irani, the textile minister, as 'spreading false information and anxiety to society.' Meanwhile, the Government of India has asked Twitter to remove the label from the perspective of 'fairness and equality,' and labeling politicians' tweets undermines Twitter's 'neutral and unbiased' image. I said that.

In connection with this 'manipulated media' label issue, it was reported that on May 24, an Indian police team visited Twitter's offices in Delhi and Gurgram. Chinmoy Biswal, a Delhi police officer, asked about the person who decided to label Twitter as 'manipulated media,' but explained that he visited the office because he didn't get the right answer.

In the tweet below, you can watch a movie of a special team of the Delhi police visiting Gurgram's Twitter office.



Police officers are rushing to the building where the Twitter office is located one after another ...



It seems that they are in contact with various places, and there is no movement.



Police officers gather in the hall at the entrance of the building.



It seems that the office was closed because Twitter was switching to working from home with the pandemic of COVID-19.



There was nothing I could do without people in the office, and the police officers went home.



Randeep Surjewala, head of communications at the Indian National Congress, said the Bharatiya Janata Party was upset by the labeling of 'manipulated media' and used police to put pressure on Twitter. Meanwhile, Pallavi Walia, Head of Policy and Communications at Twitter India, told The Indian Express that 'there are no comments to share at this time.'

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