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Twitter Summoned by Parliamentary Over 'Safeguarding Citizens' Rights on Social Media'

Twitter Summoned by Parliamentary Over 'Safeguarding Citizens' Rights on Social Media' 26195v

By Press Trust of India | Updated: 6 February 2019 12:19 IST

Highlights

Parliamentary Committee on IT has summoned Twitter officials
The committee is headed by Anurag Thakur
The meeting is scheduled for February 11

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The Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology has summoned Twitter officials over the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights on social/ online news media platforms, its head Anurag Thakur said Tuesday. The has also called representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to appear before it during its meeting scheduled for February 11. 6v116x

Thakur, a BJP MP, Twitter has acquired an "anti-right-wing attitude" and has been blocking their s.

Apparently, some of the of the right-wing group have also written to Thakur. Last year, following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the government had issued a notice to Information Technology Ministry officials to get in "written commitment" from Facebook and other social networking sites that their platforms would not be used to manipulate Indian elections.

Of late, Twitter has become an important tool for all political leaders in communicating and sharing their views on various issues with the people. The social networking platforms such as Twitter could play an important role in influencing the parliamentary election due this summer.

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