The Curious case of Twitter’s disappearing Blue Tick – Rajeev Chandrashekar was Twitter’s newest goal 

On Monday, Twitter’s antics continues, because it briefly eliminated the blue verified badge from the deal with of Union Minister of State, Rajeev Chandrasekhar. This badge lets folks know that an account on the social media platform is real and verified. This incident prompted controversy and curiosity among the many residents just for them to understand that it was for a really obscure motive.MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar, was lately appointed as Minister of State within the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Minister of State within the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology in Narendra Modi’s new Union Cabinet.Twitter’s clarification, said that as Chandrashekhar had modified his deal with’s identify, the blue verified badge was briefly eliminated. However, the possibilities that the elimination of the blue badge adopted by the restoration was because of extra mundane causes, are excessive.Union Minister Chandrasekhar has been tweeting below the username @Rajeev_mp by means of his verified deal with. However, days after his appointment as a Union Minister, he modified his username to @Rajeev_GoI and that is what triggered the elimination of his verified badge. Twitter has a coverage of eradicating the verified badge in case of a change within the username.Controversy rolled as Chandrashekar’s episode comes at occasions when the social media large Twitter appears to be at loggerheads over the brand new norms. Since Twitter’s middleman standing has been misplaced within the nation below India’s new IT norms, the social media platform has been doing the whole lot in its energy to delay the implementation of the brand new guidelines for intermediaries. In truth, even former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was locked out of his account with none prior info.Read extra: Twitter locks RS Prasad: What is the Government of India ready for? Twitter to droop PM Modi’s account?As reported by Times now, Reports present that the social media large has knowledgeable that it has suspended 22,564 accounts for ‘child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity’ and ‘promotion of terrorism’, Delhi Police have registered a case towards Twitter on a criticism by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) for allegedly permitting entry to youngster pornographic movies and hyperlinks on the platform.“Acting on a complaint received from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights regarding the availability of child sexual abuse and child pornographic material on Twitter in the form of various accounts and links, an FIR under relevant sections of IPC, IT Act and POCSO Act has been registered by the Cyber Crime Unit, and investigation has been taken up”, Delhi Police Public Relations Officer Chinmoy Biswal had stated.After WhatsApp sued the federal government over the brand new digital IT guidelines, microblogging platform Twitter had expressed considerations over the potential risk to freedom of expression. Raising apprehension in regards to the requirement of constructing a person (the compliance officer) criminally accountable for content material on the platform, Twitter requested the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to contemplate a minimal 3-month extension to implement the brand new social media guidelines. The authorities additionally highlighted that whereas Twitter claims to be dedicated to the folks of India, it selected to indicate the geo-location of sure areas within the Union Territory of Ladakh as a part of the People’s Republic of China at a time when India and China had been engaged within the peaceable decision of border-related points by means of bilateral dialogue. Even after repeated reminders, Twitter took a number of days to rectify this in keeping with stories by enterprise right now.While Chandrashekhar’s verified badge was restored shortly, MeitY in robust phrases, recommended that Twitter’s beating-around-the-bush must cease and that it ought to adjust to the legal guidelines of the land. It’s excessive time Twitter ought to notice that it’s in no place to battle a battle towards the Modi authorities, and that it might be in its greatest curiosity to comply with the instructions of India’s new IT Minister. Twitter is merely a social media platform and it shouldn’t have any locus in dictating India’s authorized coverage framework.