Officers in New Delhi from the special cell (the Elite branch that investigates terrorism and organised crime) raided Twitter’s office to serve a warning notice to the head of Twitter.
This incident took place when Twitter in India labelled a tag of “manipulation” to the tweets of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in which they accused the opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC), of falsely accusing PM Narendra Modi of mishandling the COVID-19 pandemic in India.
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted that INC is giving undue favours to journalists affected by the pandemic.
However, an Indian fact-checking website revealed that the image is fake. In response, INC filed a police complaint against Sambit Patra.
Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on this matter.
For months, the Indian government has been pressurising Twitter to censor the content of Indian journalists but Twitter has refused to comply with it. In response, the Indian IT Ministry and politicians have been giving threats to Twitter officials for not toeing the Indian government’s line.
Recently, the Indian government has revised its policies and added more regulation to control social media.
