An activist within the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh(MP) has referred to as for legal action towards Twitter India's Managing Director Manish Maheshwari over the "arbitrary" suspension of an account popular for propagating views about Hindu culture and traditions.
In keeping with the complaint filed by Shrikant Sharma, Twitter India curbed the liberty of expression of True Indology. The criticism, which has been obtained by the Vidisha Police Station, demanded quick action against Social Media giant Twitter India under sections 295A (deliberate act intended to outrage religious emotions), 500 (defamation), 505 (inciting a group), and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.
The contents of the complaint filed by Madhya Pradesh-based activist Shreekant Sharma against @TwitterIndia MD @manishm for suspending the account of #TrueIndology demand a probe under Section 295A, 500, 505 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code pic.twitter.com/ZLcxG6SyIg
— Dhairya Maheshwari (@dhairyam14) November 23, 2020
"Twitter can't get away with its unilateral policies in India. The suspended account has been known to spread views about our Hindu culture. How could Twitter suspend it?", asked Sharma during talking to Sputnik.
"The accused was swift and ruthless in suspending the Twitter handle of True Indology after one Roopa Moudgil, IGP Home Secretary, Karnataka, took to social media spewing venom against a particular community for peaceful Diwali celebrations", mentioned the complaint, a copy of which has been granted and accessed by Sputnik. The row that led to the suspension of True Indology's Twitter account was triggered after Moudgil, an official from the state of Karnataka, backed a ban on firecrackers imposed by a number of Indian states in the lead-up to the Hindu festival of Diwali on 14 November 2020.
Moudgil claimed that the enjoyment with firecrackers is not talked about in any of the Hindu scriptures, to a point vociferously debated by True Indology, which argued in any other case.
Dear @TIinExile , u r bringing in things which were unsaid. Govt/ NGT banning it is based in certain criteria. As a person who works for govt,I will ask people to follow orders. Argument between u n me was tht u said crackers date back to very ancient times. I disagreed. 1/2 https://t.co/r1YtWw9Ntr
— D Roopa IPS (@D_Roopa_IPS) November 16, 2020
Following the heated arguments that True Indology got its official Twitter account suspended last Wednesday.
Twitter's Most Recent Apology to Indian Parliament
Twitter has on a number of events found itself in the firing line of Indian social media accounts of users. Last week, BJP parliamentarian Meenakshi Lekhi, who headed a joint parliamentary panel, was quoted as stating that the California-headquartered firm had tendered a written apology to India for depicting India's Ladakh as part of China.
"Twitter has tendered an apology in an affidavit kind before the parliamentary committee. It has been signed by Damien Kieran, the Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter", Lekhi reportedly stated.
Lekhi additionally stated that Twitter had assured her of its "rectifying" the cartographical error by the last week of November.
Some Twitter user tweets regarding this:
Please count me in for any kind of financial assistance from my side for the Hindu cause. @TIinExile#BringBackTrueIndology
— Gaurav Goel (@goelgauravbjp) November 18, 2020
Doesn't befit IPS officers of the country to be arguing with anonymous Twitter Handles that too during working hours. Make a point, let it go, you aren't winning anything by arguing on SM!
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) November 18, 2020
[Source: sputniknews.com]When they don’t have answers to your questions they break your house, put you in jail, gag your voice or kill your digital identity. Eliminating one’s digital identity is no less than a murder in virtual world, there must be strict laws against it #BringBackTrueIndology https://t.co/tvPiWidQez
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) November 18, 2020
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