A review committee set up by the Indian Government has approved the decision to block 306 accounts on the micro-blogging site Twitter, reports PTI (via Times of India). As per the report, the review committee was reviewing 310 Twitter and Facebook accounts that were blocked after the communal clashes which took place in Assam's Kokrajhar district and found that some of these Twitter accounts had uploaded few of the morphed pictures which led to the clashes last year and it believes these Twitter accounts has the potential to inflame communal tension in the country. The review committee was comprised of the cabinet secretary Ajit Seth, telecom secretary R Chandrasekhar and the legal affairs secretary BA Agarwal. Internet Firms Deny Data Access: The report also stated that the review committee had conducted meetings with Google, Facebook and Twitter representatives and had asked them to provide details of the accounts which had posted objectionable content, but the companies had apparently not complied with these requests. Earlier this month, Twitter had mentioned that it had received less than 10 requests for disclosure of of user information from the Indian government during July to December 2012, but it complied to none of those requests. Last month, Google had also stated that it had received 2,431 requests for disclosure of user data from 4106 accounts from the Indian government during July to December 2012 and it had complied with as many as 66% of the requests. Previous Developments This decision comes after communal violence in Assam's Kokrajhar district, which led to an exodus of…
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