Parliamentary Committee grills Twitter Head for silencing voices of Kashmiris
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir on Tuesday grilled the Regional Head of Social Media Platform Twitter for silencing voices of thousands of Kashmiri and Pakistani activists projecting the plight of people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
In a special hearing held at the Parliament House in Islamabad on Tuesday, the Committee Chairman Shehryar Khan Afridi led the questioning of George Salama, who heads the Twitter regional office in the United Arab Emirates.
Shehryar Afridi questioned George about the Twitter policy on human rights and freedom of speech and whether Twitter regulations did not conform to the UN charter on freedom of speech and freedom of expression.