Congress party says Twitter has locked its account

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Congress party says Twitter has locked its account

Aug 12, 2021: The Congress party said on Thursday that Twitter has locked its account in response to a post it made on August 8, prompting the social media company to say its rules forbid the identity of a rape victim to be revealed.

The official Twitter handles of the Congress and around 5,000 of its leaders and workers have been locked, the party claimed Thursday, amid growing controversy over “selective” action against Rahul Gandhi and others for posting photographs that show Mr Gandhi interacting with the family of the nine-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly raped and killed in Delhi last week.

“You may not publish or post other people’s private information without their express authorisation and permission,” the Congress’s Instagram post quoted a Twitter message as saying why the party’s handle had been blocked.

Twitter on Wednesday told the Delhi High Court that it has deleted a post by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi that had a photograph of the parents of a nine-year-old Dalit girl, who was allegedly raped and killed in Delhi earlier in August.

“We have taken proactive action on several hundred Tweets that posted an image that violated our Rules, and may continue to do so in line with our range of enforcement options. Certain types of private information carry higher risks than others, and our aim is always to protect individuals’ privacy and safety,” said a Twitter spokesperson today. “We strongly encourage everyone on the service to familiarise themselves with the Twitter Rules and report anything they believe is in violation,” said the spokesperson.

According to Twitter, it was alerted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights about specific content on the platform that allegedly revealed the identity of an alleged sexual assault victim.

Twitter temporarily blocked Ravi Shankar Prasad, the former Information Technology minister, in June for allegedly violating copyright rules in an old tweet.

Twitter has said its rules are “enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone”, and that it took “proactive action on several hundred tweets that posted an image that violated our Rules”.

The company said it was alerted by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, or NCPCR, “about specific content on our platform that allegedly revealed the identity of an alleged sexual assault victim’s (and a minor’s) parents”

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who heads the parliamentary IT panel, has said he is “actively engaged with Twitter” to restore all accounts, and accused the BJP of “trying to undermine the opposition”.

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