New Delhi: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter account has been unlocked every week after it was briefly locked out for sharing pictures of the household of a nine-year-old alleged rape-and-murder sufferer in Delhi final week in violation of legal guidelines.
Rohan Gupta, Chairman of Congress’ Social Media Department reportedly stated, “Twitter unlocked all accounts linked to Congress, including that of Rahul Gandhi today morning. This is the win of the people of India.”
Earlier right now, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor stated that he has raised the account locking difficulty with Twitter. “In my conversations w/Twitter, I took sturdy exception to the coverage of robotically locking accounts, whether or not Rahul Gandhi’s or Ravi Shankar Prasad’s. If there’s a violation of legislation, whether or not POSCO or copyright, it ought to suffice to withhold the offending tweet& difficulty discover to the person,” he tweeted.
Not solely Rahul Gandhi however numerous Congress leaders’ accounts and the get together’s official handles had been suspended after National Commission for Protection of Child Rights alleged violation of legal guidelines and demanded Twitter removing of the content material and blocking of the account. Twitter additionally deemed the posts as a violation of its guidelines.
Fumed over blocked Twitter deal with, Gandhi on Friday criticised the microblogging platform calling it “biased” and accused it of “listening to what the Government of the day says.” In a video assertion issued on Friday morning, the Congress chief stated Democracy in below assault as persons are not allowed to have an opinion and lift their voice.
“Our democracy is under attack. We are not allowed to speak in Parliament. The media is controlled. And I thought there was a ray of light where we could put what we thought on Twitter. But obviously, that’s not the case,” Rahul Gandhi stated.
