Hundreds of tweets are being made continuously from the pro-Pakistan and Khalistan handles in order to spread riot and unrest in India under the guise of section 69A. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has submitted a list of 1,178 such accounts to the threat to the unity and integrity of India and asked them to take action. The tweets made from these accounts are being forwarded in a managerial manner.
It is very surprising to see that such tweets are also being liked by Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The ministry submitted the list of these accounts to Twitter on February 4. But no action has been taken by Twitter yet. Earlier on January 31, the government had asked Twitter to block 257 links, but no action was taken from Twitter in that regard as well. These 257 links are linked to a tweet from the Farmers Genocide (massacre of peasants) hashtag aimed at inciting violence in the name of the peasant movement in India.
Instead of taking action on behalf of Twitter, they were told to have freedom of expression. On February 1, these 257 links were blocked for a few minutes just before the appearance of the Twitter lawyer before the ministry committee. Given this attitude of Twitter, the government has started preparing for action.
According to Ministry sources, if Twitter does not like this government’s direction, then the company can challenge the government’s instruction in court. But so far the government’s directive from Twitter has not been challenged in any court of the country. According to sources, Twitter has been informed that the government has given this instruction under section 69A of the IT Act as these tweets are spreading misinformation about the movement, which will lead to violence and affect the law and order of the country. There are fears of This Act provides for strict action along with fines.
