The incorrect and wrong map appeared in the career section of Twitter website under the header 'Tweep Life'. Following the flak Twitter drew over the incorrect map that showed Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate country, Twitter removed the wrong map. Netizens across the country demanded that strict action be taken against the micro-blogging website. As a result of this, #TwitterBan was trending on Twitter with almost 17,000 tweets. It is pertinent to mention that this is not the first time that Twitter has misrepresented India's map. Earlier, it had shown Leh as part of China. The Social Media giant has been at loggerheads with the GOI over the new social media rules. The government has confronted Twitter over deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country's new IT rules. Adding to the issues around the non-compliance to the newly enacted Intermediary rules in India, Twitter's interim grievance redressal officer in India, Dharmendra Chatur, stepped down as the interim officer, in the middle of the ongoing feud with the government. The new IT rules, 2021 mandate that certain officers based in India be appointed, amongst other things. Earlier last week, the Karnataka High Court had granted interim stay against notice issued by UP Police to Twitter India’s employee Manish Maheshwari under Section 41A of CrPC. The Court had then, further said that the petitioner is not an accused and willing to appear on virtual call. Moreover Section 41 notice can only be issued when one does not cooperate. “The mandate of section 41A (1) can only be raised in case of any reasonable complaint. In the instant case the allegation is that the video has been uploaded & the petitioner has nothing to do with the same as he is the HR of marketing & sales of the company”,observed the Court. This case is expected to be taken up today, i.e. June 29, 2021.
