Twitter at it AGAIN! Twitter shows distorted map of India on its website
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New Delhi, June 28: Erupting the fresh controversy amid its ongoing tussle with the center, Twitter once again tampered with the India map and shown Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh as a separate part of the country.
The glaring distortion appears on the career section of the Twitter website under the header 'Tweep Life. The section on the career page has a world map. The company shows that there is a team of Twitter all over the world.
On the world map, Twitter has shown Jammu & Kashmir as separate countries and while Ladakh has been shown as a part of China. The distorted map was first noticed by user @/thvaranam.
This is the second time Twitter has misrepresented India”s map. Earlier it had shown Leh as part of China. In October 2020, national security analyst Nitin A Gokhale found that Twitter had labeled the Indian territory of Leh in Ladakh as part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The government of India issued a warning to CEO Jack Dorsey over the misrepresentation of the Indian map. Giving notice to Twitter, Secretary IT had said that such attempts not only bring disrepute to Twitter but also raise questions about its neutrality and fairness as an intermediary. This comes amid when Twitter is already facing the heat from the govt over the new IT law.
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