Govt objects to Twitter’s ‘manipulated media’ tag on toolkit tweets

The authorities has objected to Twitter utilizing ‘manipulated media’ tag for tweets on an alleged Congress toolkit used to focus on the Centre over its COVID-19 dealing with, sources mentioned.
The authorities has requested Twitter to take away the ‘manipulated media’ tag because the matter is pending earlier than legislation enforcement company, and made it clear that the social media platform can not move judgment when the problem is below investigation.

Investigation will decide the veracity of the content material and never Twitter, it has asserted whereas asking the microblogging platform to not intervene within the investigation course of.

According to sources, the Ministry of Electronics and IT has written a robust communication to the worldwide crew of Twitter registering its objection to the ‘manipulated media’ tag on tweets made by some political leaders just about the toolkit allegedly created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the federal government towards the COVID-19 pandemic.