“What’s Going On?” Trinamool’s Derek O’Brien On Congress Twitter Account

New Delhi:

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien this morning sharply criticised Twitter after the Congress stated the social media large had locked it is official account and plenty of different accounts of its celebration leaders. The motion got here simply days after former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s account was locked after he posted a photograph with the household of a nine-year-old lady allegedly raped and killed in Delhi.

“What is going on on @Twitter @TwitterIndia @jack What is going on on? We strongly condemn the blocking of the accounts of @INCIndia and senior leaders of the Congress celebration (sic),” Derek O’Brien tweeted. The 60-year-old chief’s tweet got here shortly after the Congress attacked the central authorities and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a publish on Instagram.

What is going on on @Twitter@TwitterIndia@jack What is going on on ? ????

We strongly condemn the blocking of the accounts of @INCIndia and senior leaders of the Congress celebration.

— Derek O’Brien | ডেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) August 12, 2021

“Modi ji, simply how afraid are you? Reminder: The Congress celebration fought for our nation’s independence, geared up solely with fact, non-violence and the need of the folks. We gained then, we’ll win once more (sic),” the publish learn.

In an announcement, Twitter stated: “The Twitter guidelines are enforced judiciously and impartially for everybody on our service. We’ve taken proactive motion on a number of hundred Tweets that posted a picture that violated our guidelines, and will proceed to take action in step with our vary of enforcement choices. Sure varieties of non-public info carry larger dangers than others, and our goal is all the time to guard people’ privateness and security. We strongly encourage everybody on the service to familiarise themselves with the Twitter Guidelines and report something they imagine is in violation.”

On Wednesday, Twitter knowledgeable the Delhi Excessive Courtroom: “Rahul Gandhi’s tweet violated our coverage additionally, we now have already eliminated that tweet and his Twitter account can also be been locked.”

The NCPCR, or Nationwide Fee for Safety of Youngsters’s Rights, had final week issued a discover to Twitter India for violating guidelines and posting a photograph by revealing the id of the Dalit lady whose alleged rape and homicide triggered widespread protests. 

“They’ve already locked greater than 5,000 accounts of our leaders and different employees throughout India,” the Congress’s Social Media Head Rohan Gupta was quoted as saying by information company ANI.

The Congress’s Shashi Tharoor, who heads the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Info Expertise, this morning stated: “I’m actively engaged with Twitter in regards to the suspending of accounts from the Congress. I’ve taken a agency stand on this and I am actively engaged with them to revive the account.”

The 65-year-old MP additionally attacked the BJP. “It is a unhappy reflection the best way the BJP is making an attempt to undermine the opposition and even within the IT committee. Regardless of our personal issues within the committee we nonetheless imagine solely a Supreme Courtroom-monitored probe in Pegasus problem is an answer not the the parliamentary committee. Nobody from one other celebration can inform us about our inner points and eliminating the clutches of the household.”

The opposition has these days united over a number of points. Immediately, a protest was led by Rahul Gandhi outdoors the parliament after the monsoon session ended two days earlier than the schedule.