Delhi Police sends notice to Twitter over Toolkit row

New Delhi, May 24: After the Central govt, Delhi police special cell has now sent a notice to Twitter in connection with a probe on the ‘Toolkit manipulation’ case. It should be noted, Delhi police has sent the notice to the social media giant as part of their primary investigation, police have not yet filed any police complaint against Twitter.

In the notice, police have demanded an explanation from social media giant for labeling BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra's tweet on alleged Congress tweet as "manipulated media". Delhi police have also asked Twitter to submit the evidence on the basis of which it added a ‘manipulated media’ label to the tweets.

 

 

 

Last week Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, wrote a strong-worded letter to the social media giant and asked Twitter not to interfere in the investigation process. Govt also lashed out at Twitter and called the action taken by them is prejudged, prejudiced, and a deliberate attempt to color the investigation by the local law enforcement agency. The ministry has also asked Twitter to remove the tag as the matter is pending investigation before a law enforcement agency.

 

"Twitter unilaterally chose to go ahead and designate certain tweets as ''Manipulated'', pending investigation by the law enforcement agency. This action not only dilutes the credibility of Twitter as a neutral and unbiased platform facilitating the exchange of views by the users but also puts a question mark on the status of Twitter as an ''intermediary''," the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in its communication.

 

 

Last week, Jack Dorsey owned Twitter labeled BJP leader Sambit Patra's tweet as 'manipulated media. Social media took the action after congress wrote to Twitter and asked them to permanently suspend the accounts of BJP leaders including, BJP president JP Nadda, Union minister Smriti Irani, and BJP leader Sambit Patra and BL Santosh.

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