wordpress blog stats
Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

Delhi Police sends notice to Twitter over ‘manipulated media’ label: Report

Twitter

Hours after Twitter tagged tweets as 'manipulated media', the Delhi Police sent a notice to the social media platform asking it to share information that it had in this regard, news agency ANI reported. The tweets alleged that the Indian National Congress had created a toolkit to defame the Prime Minister and undermine the government's COVID-19 vaccination policy. ANI quoting unnamed officials in Delhi Police also said that they seeking clarification from Twitter on the classification of a tweet by BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra as manipulative. "It appears that Twitter has some information that is not known to us on basis of which they've classified it as such," ANI said in a tweet. https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1396796959344644100 https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1396796965292187650 Times of India journalist Rohan Dua on Twitter shared a copy of, what he claims to be the notice that the office of Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Special Cell of Delhi Police sent to Manish Maheshwari, managing director of Twitter India. MediaNama was not able to verify the authenticity of the notice at the time of publication. The document shared by him read, "Whereas during the course of the investigation it has come to our knowledge that you are acquainted with the facts of the matter and are in possession of information with regard to the same," it said. In simpler words, Delhi Police wants to know the basis on which Twitter decided to add the 'manipulated media' tag to specific tweets. The Delhi police also asked the Maheshwari to appear before the…

Please subscribe/login to read the full story.
Written By

Among other subjects, I cover the increasing usage of emerging technologies, especially for surveillance in India

Free Reads

News

The Bill allows the Attorney General or any district/ city attorney to seek injunctive or other equitable relief against a large online platform

News

The tech giant made it clear it doesn't share data from organizations using Azure OpenAI and Copilot to third-parties or use it to train...

Google

Among the selected organizations are Quill.org and the World Bank, both known for their work in AI-powered tools.

MediaNama’s mission is to help build a digital ecosystem which is open, fair, global and competitive.

Views

News

NPCI CEO Dilip Asbe recently said that what is not written in regulations is a no-go for fintech entities. But following this advice could...

News

Notably, Indus Appstore will allow app developers to use third-party billing systems for in-app billing without having to pay any commission to Indus, a...

News

The existing commission-based model, which companies like Uber and Ola have used for a long time and still stick to, has received criticism from...

News

Factors like Indus not charging developers any commission for in-app payments and antitrust orders issued by India's competition regulator against Google could contribute to...

News

Is open-sourcing of AI, and the use cases that come with it, a good starting point to discuss the responsibility and liability of AI?...

You May Also Like

News

Google has released a Google Travel Trends Report which states that branded budget hotel search queries grew 179% year over year (YOY) in India, in...

Advert

135 job openings in over 60 companies are listed at our free Digital and Mobile Job Board: If you’re looking for a job, or...

News

By Aroon Deep and Aditya Chunduru You’re reading it here first: Twitter has complied with government requests to censor 52 tweets that mostly criticised...

News

Rajesh Kumar* doesn’t have many enemies in life. But, Uber, for which he drives a cab everyday, is starting to look like one, he...

MediaNama is the premier source of information and analysis on Technology Policy in India. More about MediaNama, and contact information, here.

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ

Subscribe to our daily newsletter
Name:*
Your email address:*
*
Please enter all required fields Click to hide
Correct invalid entries Click to hide

© 2008-2021 Mixed Bag Media Pvt. Ltd. Developed By PixelVJ