Twitter seeks meeting with IT minister of India over govt notice

The ongoing tussle between the government of India and Twitter might come to an end. The microblogging website has written to the IT ministry for dialogue and has also acknowledged the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) letter.

Last week, MeitY sent a notice to Twitter to India, stating that it was an intermediary. The notice further added that Twitter was obliged to follow the government’s directions and refusal to do so may invite penal action.

According to reports, Twitter has expressed that it is ready to engage in respectful dialogue with the government of India. They have already reached out to the Minister of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Twitter India recently was again asked to remove around 1200 accounts, citing that Pakistani accounts were tweeting on farmers’ protests.

Twitter on Monday responded to MeitY’s request for banning additional accounts for alleged Khalistani and Pakistani links.

In a statement, the company said, “Twitter is guided by principles of transparency and empowering the public conversation. If we receive a valid legal request about potentially illegal content on Twitter, we review it under the Twitter Rules and local law.

If the content violates Twitter’s Rules, the content will be removed from the service. If it is determined to be illegal in a particular jurisdiction but not in violation of the Twitter Rules, we may withhold access to the content in the location only.”

Some reports claim that India’s government isn’t happy with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey liking tweets praising Rihanna on her stand.