India, Twitter Dispute Intensifies Over Alleged 'Manipulated Media'

Indian police officials say they visited Twitter's Delhi and Gurgaon offices to serve notice to the company's managing director concerning an investigation into the company tagging some government official's tweets as "manipulated media."

Several leaders of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shared parts of a document they said was created by their main political opposition, Congress, which allegedly showed how it planned to hinder the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic. Some have been critical of the government's handling of the pandemic. The BJP has blamed state governments for the slow response and ignoring warnings by Modi of a second wave. Congress said the documents were fake and complained to Twitter, which tagged the posts as manipulated.