IT Act doesn’t empower government to seek removal of Twitter’s ‘manipulated media’ tag: Experts
The Hindu
Nearly 24 hours after the Centre’s request, the label remains.
The government does not have the power under the Information Technology Act to direct Twitter to remove the , experts said. They say the Centre’s move raises concerns of censorship and view the action as “needless interference” in implementation of the terms of service of a private company conducting business in India. The government on Friday had asked Twitter to remove the ‘manipulated media’ tag from certain tweets by Indian political leaders, including the BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra, “with reference to a toolkit created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the Government against the COVID-19 pandemic”. However, the microblogging platform has not removed the label.
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