Social Media

Twitter has unverified Vice President Venkaiah Naidu from its platform by removing "blue tick" from his personal account.

Qui Ziming, an internet celebrity in China, was arrested in February 2021 for smearing PLA soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley clash.

Twitter was penalised in April too. It was slowed down by the Roskomnadzor for failing to delete over 3000 posts related to banned-illegal content.

Lawmaking and policy formulations are the sole prerogatives of the sovereign and Twitter is just a social media platform. It will have no locus in dictating what India's legal policy framework should be", the statement strongly asserted.

Messaging apps like WhatsApp needed to reveal origin of only those messages related to serious crimes with 5 years of jail term

Google's Corporate Communication director openly showcased her hatred against PM Modi in derogatory Facebook and Twitter posts.

Twitter is yet to adapt to the new IT guidelines that came into effect from May 25 after a time period of 3 months was already given to social media companies. Instead, it has issued a statement that it 'wants' to abide by Indian laws but needs more time.

The video uploaded on YouTube on 12 June 2016 shows MC Kode or Aditya Tiwari insulting the Hindu epic Mahabharata and the cow

Govt said that social media intermediaries like WhatsApp need to reveal source of messages only in case of serious crimes

WhatsApp has filed a petition against the Government of India on May 25 in the Delhi High Court protesting against the new IT rules that require "significant social media intermediaries" like WhatsApp to trace the original senders of particular messages.