The Congress on Tuesday demanded that Twitter affix manipulated media tag to tweets of several union ministers for allegedly spreading false and malicious propaganda against the party.
Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wrote to Twitter s Lead for Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Vijaya Gadde and its Deputy General Counsel and Vice President (Legal) Jim Baker, seeking stern action against 11 union ministers for allegedly spreading false and forged documents. Surjewala has alleged that the forged, fabricated material and the claims made under the #CongressToolkitExposed by various ministers are identical to the material that has already been marked as manipulated media by Twitter.
Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala has asked Twitter to take action against 11 Union ministers
NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday wrote to Twitter and urged it to add the manipulated media tag to the tweets of 11 Union ministers for allegedly spreading false and malicious propaganda against the party.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wrote the letter to Twitter s Lead for Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Vijaya Gadde and its Deputy General Counsel and Vice President (Legal) Jim Baker, seeking stern action against 11 union ministers for allegedly spreading false and forged documents.
He was referring to the alleged toolkit document being shared by several BJP leaders and ministers with claims that it was created by the Congress to attack the Centre over the Covid crisis.
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Congress has written to Twitter demanding that tweets by other BJP leaders and Union Ministers should also be tagged as manipulative media, applying the same yardsticks it used towards the tweets on the allegedly forged toolkit by BJP spokesman Sambit Patra. The party had filed an FIR against the BJP leaders for forgery of documents.
In a letter to Twitter s Lead for Legal, Policy and Trust & Safety Vijaya Gadde and its Deputy General Counsel and Vice President Jim Baker, AICC General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala said the social media platform should urgently affix the ‘Manipulative Media’ tags to the tweets of Union Ministers in the Narendra Modi Government for spreading false and malicious propaganda.
Toolkit: Congress writes to Twitter seeking manipulated media tag on tweets of 11 Union Ministers
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The Congress on Tuesday demanded that Twitter affix manipulated media tag to tweets of several union ministers for allegedly spreading false and malicious propaganda against the party.
Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala wrote to Twitter s Lead for Legal, Policy and Trust and Safety Vijaya Gadde and its Deputy General Counsel and Vice President (Legal) Jim Baker, seeking stern action against 11 union ministers for allegedly spreading false and forged documents.
Surjewala has alleged that the forged, fabricated material and the claims made under the #CongressToolkitExposed by various ministers are identical to the material that has already been marked as manipulated media by Twitter.
COVID Toolkit : After Patra, BJP s Raman Singh s Tweet Tagged as Manipulated Media
On Monday, Twitter offices were raided by Delhi Police over tagging Sambit Patra s tweet with the dubious label.
BJP national vice president Raman Singh. Photo: Twitter.
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New Delhi:Â After BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra’s May 18 tweet on the alleged “toolkit” was tagged as “manipulated media” by Twitter, BJP national vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh’s tweet on the same has also been labelled in a similar manner by the microblogging site.
It is not known exactly when Singh’s May 18 tweet was given the dubious label, as many Twitter users only began pointing out the same on Tuesday, May 25. The development assumes significance as on Monday, the Delhi Police had raided Twitter offices in Delhi and Gurgaon over tagging Patra’s tweet as “manipulated media”.