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1.75 crore vs 6.6 crore: It s math hour over PM Modi s followers as minister reveals number of Twitter users in India
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The Centre on Thursday nnounced the new guidelines for social media and OTT platforms and Twitter was abuzz with hot takes.
The announcement was made jointly by IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar as the matter concerned both ministries.
Some rules were laid down for significant social media and OTT platforms with an aim of countering fake news, hate speech, graphic imagery in cinema, etc. Concerns have been raised about rampant abuse of social media platforms and spread of fake news and the government is bringing in a soft touch regulation, IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said while announcing the new guidelines.
PM Modi most followed active politician after Donald Trump s Twitter ban
Prime Minister Modi has 64.7 million followers as of now whereas Trump had 88.7 million followers before Twitter removed his account
BusinessToday.In | January 10, 2021 | Updated 15:55 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump
After Twitter permanently suspended the account of US President Donald Trump due to the recent riots at the US Capitol, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the most followed active politician on the microblogging social media platform.
Prime Minister Modi has 64.7 million followers as of now whereas Trump had 88.7 million followers before Twitter removed his account. Union Home Minister Amit Shah has a following of 24.2 million on Twitter whereas Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has 17.1 million followers on the social media app.