Twitter blocks IT minister Ravi Shankar's account, says 'gross violation'


New Delhi, Jun 25 (IANS): Amid the tussle between Twitter and the union government over the new IT rules, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour over alleged violation of the US' Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Although, he was subsequently allowed to access the account, taking to India-made micro-blogging platform Koo, the minister called the action by the US-headquartered Twitter as "a gross violation of the IT guidelines".

"Twitter's actions were in gross violation of Rule 4(8) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 where they failed to provide me any prior notice before denying me access to my own account," he said.

Prasad, who has been at the forefront of government's drive to bring in more compliance and stricter norms for social media platforms, added: "It is apparent that my statements calling out the high handedness and arbitrary actions of Twitter, particularly sharing the clips of my interviews to TV channels and its powerful impact, have clearly ruffled its feathers."

Further, the minister, who also handles the portfolio of law said that it is now apparent as to why Twitter is refusing to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines because if Twitter does comply, it would be unable to arbitrarily deny access to an individual's account which does not suit their agenda.

In a series of posts on Koo, the minister also said that Twitter's actions indicate that they are not the harbinger of free speech that they claim to be but are only interested in running their own agenda, with the threat that if you do not toe the line they draw, they will arbitrarily remove you from their platform.

"No matter what any platform does they will have to abide by the new IT Rules fully and there shall be no compromise on that," he added.

Twitter, on the other hand, has lost its status of intermediary platform in India over non-compliance to the new intermediary guidelines.

As a result of the development, the company has lost its legal shield in the country from prosecution over posts.

The micro-blogging platform recently said that it has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer, as per the new norms, and the details of which would be soon shared with the IT Ministry directly.

 

  

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  • Pili, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    Delete permanently.. na rehega baas narahegi basuri.

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  • k b r, Mangala Uru

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    this man is similar to ಕೋಡಂಗಿ ವೇಷ in yakshagana...

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    r.sp's Twitter was blocked by nehru. let him tell e.d, cbi, nia, 2 raid nehru's house.

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  • Joe, Mangalore

    Sat, Jun 26 2021

    Mallu tharoor account was also blocked, now what will be your comment.

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  • Rajan, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    This whole controversy can finally be judged by Stock market valuations When a footballer pushed a coke bottle in a press conference..the Coca Cola stock fell approx 4 billion Don’t see any such movement..for twitter

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  • Reena fernandeze, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    It's good the Twitter ban. All accounts of leaderd of andhabhakts need to be banned so that we can celebrate with our beloved Soniajee and our great leader Rahul gandhi. Unfortunately we don't have right leader here to take his name!

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  • Pili, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    He is against Twitter. Why he is using it. Now he will say this controlled by Congress.

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  • Ritesh, Earth

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Only 2 crore Indians use twitter. While more than 35crs people voted for him. Do you understand politics?

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  • Hegde, Bangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    All the hypocrisy of free speech etc going on .. Now for the common man if twitter or all controversy ... sinks in the Arabian Sea ..matters least .. Millions have lost jobs .. businesses ..and most important loved ones .. a lifelong catastrophe.. So hope all these foolish govt grievances are put under the carpet and focus on rebuilding.. economy.. misery etc .. IT minister pretending as though some major catastrophe has happened.. focus on India’s most important issues .. Front line workers have put up .. nurses .. doctors.. people died without oxygen etc etc for their sacrifices this IT MINISTER GRIEVANCES ARE NIL ..

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  • Sangram sangam, KUNDPAUR

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Dear Modi haters.keep on bark against Modi for each and every thing .its really helps him lot Look at his apolitical carrier 3 times CM 2 time PM with absolute majority Allmost booted out Congress. My humble request is that keep on bark and keep some energy also because 2024 also he wl come again.so trying take some vitamin tablets now only. You people not voted Modi in 2014 and 2019 pls d everything ont vote in 2024 also.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    bhaktas r feared of Congress & rahulji.

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  • Gangaram, Moodbidri

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    BJP'ans filth may be fully filled in twitter and twitter suffocating to breath good air...... so twitter vomiting out these BPJ'ans accounts...

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  • Sunil K, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    If Ravi bans Twitter then Modi will kick him out from the cabinet immediately as Modi's entire false persona is built and boosted only by social media.

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  • John, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Twitter is Western liberal elite controlled communist chinese propaganda tool. With already western mainstream media and BigTech under communist control, namesake few Indian ceo's in name of globalism. (and liberalism) This is to push Bill Gates billions of dollors vaccine business using china virus and to cover up origin of their communist chinese lab virus, to claim truth false and vice versa through their paid fact checkers for total communist control of the world using hightech nano particle based mRNA (pfizer) and Luciferase quantum dot based (moderna) vaccines using AI, 5G and advance surveilance technology, that needs 6 feet social distance to properly work or for auto scanning. (as this covid virus in airborne ). These blocking news are just to divert attention, for creating divisions / chaos or looks like sometimes for entertainment, communist way of misleading public with comedians. They have battery of late night comedians in US for little entertainment and more of brainwashing and to claim truth false and vice versa. (To push their liberal no gender, same sex ideology to create divisions in families, society and nations. Divide and Rule policy, Same concept these western pro communist chinese liberals are trying to use here, divide based on religion, there it is race)

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  • Nawaz, Manjeshwar

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Do note that the ban was due to the clip Mr. IT minister posted had some copy right clip from a media. Hence as per the copy right policy they have removed it regardless how high the position of the man is. We at times in India take it easy for contents which are copy rights like giving background musics in insta without knowing copyrights. Whatever said, parliament committee will take up with matter with Twitter to give an explanations and then appropriate actions need to be taken on policy that they have to be followed.

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  • Ranjan, Bangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Twitter is overall a platform nothing to do with Who posts what .. —- except if inciting trouble .. offensive. Normally pulled down on verification ........... Millions of Individuals are posting ...and having so many million twitter followers was a big certificate for our leaders ..in good times .. NOW WHAT TROUBLES RULING DISPENSATION IS EXPOSURE OF COVID FAILURE.. all the election rallies .. kumbh crowds .. no oxygen.. deaths The same govt was happy on twitter to show cause half baked achievements but now when exposed have a ostrich like approach ..

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  • Manohar, Udupi

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    India's freedom of press is worst ever.........

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  • Clifford, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Same BJP fellows used to make derogatory statements about MMS a decent gentleman including feku but now shoe is other foot they don’t like it. Many people may not know it was in the press that Twitter paid 1.3 millions to RSS so called charity which all of us know is not a foreign donation which was banned from other charities. Is there any end to this fekugiri ?. I

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  • Varun, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Spineless..absolutely spineless government...Nigeria didnt grovel like this...

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  • Nellu, Jeppu

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Feku monkey bath app will be nice. Only andh bhaktas will in this blind app.

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  • Omar, Mysore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    AndhBhakts used to glorify that so many millions follow FEKU on Twitter now calling to ban Twitter 😂😂😂, BAN , FEKU can’t afford loose it, if it’s that easy he wouldn’t be still on platform, alas AndhBhakts will never understand 👎 👎

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  • Ajay Rebello, Kallianpur

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    What a sad state of situation where foreign companies are fighting for our freedom from hate and freedom of speech.

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  • Albert, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Twitter is behaving like Potato Pappu!

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    dis i.t minister is 1nly braking in da twitter. good work from twitter management.

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  • Kishore Kumar, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    .. ban Twitter in India and show their own medicine !!!

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  • Ramesh Masand, Uchila

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Why ban? Just stop using it. Will solve all problems… But then, where will all the millions of followers of our esteemed leaders go to get their daily dose of ‘josh’..?!

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  • Raks, Melbourne

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Can this guy not focus on his ministry rather picking fight with Twitter?

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  • Jeevan, Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Why we need twitter just throw it out of India and let us use deshi app Koo.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    suppose indian twitter there will b 1nly bhaktas tweeting about dung & moothra. exclusively bhaktas puthra & from sump-pit pathra. so nobody will tweet. in da twitter all do get sweet, like da i.t., minister.

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  • Chandu, Karla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Jeevan, Kudla" ""Why we need twitter just throw it out of India and let us use deshi app Koo."" Why you are simply blabbering here.....just do it or get it done and show to the world that KOO is the world leader in communication".

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  • Alfria, Manglore/Mumbai

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Jeevan, Have you the guts to tell your boss his council of ministers, bjp president and all andhbhakts to stop using Twitter, you will see the results because all bjp's cannot live or survive without Twitter.

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  • Ajay, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    What a shame. Soon Feku will be thrown out of twitter too.

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  • Jeevan, Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Wait till 2024..

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  • Ajay, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Tired of waiting since 2014 for Acche din.

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  • Arthur II, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Has he asked for Jack Dorsey's resignation yet?

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  • Jeevan, Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Ban Twitter...

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  • Jeevan, Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    to to ban Twitter it is not make in India by BJP, ,,,,,,,,BJP used mostly Twitter to glorify Modi through all other sources before he become PM

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  • Sharath Shetty / Dubai, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Huge conspiracy against BJP ... Twitter should be banned in India

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  • sense_shetty, Mangalore Kudla

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Every one of our indian politicians are using twitter ..Why are you so dependant on Twitter ? Please ban twitter .. who stops you?

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  • Manohar, Udupi

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Why BJP leaders accounts get blocked or tagged manipulated media 🤔🙄😐

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  • Mangalurian, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    The Central Government ministers and babus must take a dignified stand by avoiding American social media. Learn from the (seriously) intelligent Chinese. The Chinese do not want to be controlled by the new East India Company in the form of the American social media. the lessons learnt by Indians over the last 400 years have gone in vain. Shame on these ministers.

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  • Omar, Mysore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    These guys same platform to make fun of Dr.Singh, call him all names and screaming that’s freedom of expression and now same platform has become problematic 😂😂😂, basic idea is control what information can be seen by public, GODI media can be controlled and not everything, even GODI media will give up one day on these FEKU team

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  • Sameer, Riyadh

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Isko kehte hain 'keh ke lena'.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Imagine if this happened to Raul or any other "Opposition Leaders".

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  • Mangalurian, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Santa Claus would then spend laughing at the victim.

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  • ca girishkk, m'lore/dxb

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    @ J.anatha... Good question... the best probable answer would be ; "Bhakta's would have celebrating on the streets, jumping while their stinking cheddi on the floor....!!!"

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  • Janardhan, Kaup/Dubai

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Twitter didn’t spare US president Trump in blocking his Account. Who is Ravi Mani Shankar ?

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  • Shivraj, Mangalore

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    TWITTER has done a theatrical test - Use our product and criticize our product - Internationally we are becoming a laughing stock --

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  • Vicky Chopra, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    Kaivada...

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  • rolf, Dubai

    Fri, Jun 25 2021

    .... bududu commana kattli lekka and.

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