Twitter bans record over 6.8 lakh accounts in India between January 26 and February 25

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports

PGurus Newsdesk

April 1, 2023

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports

Twitter took down 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country

Elon Musk-led Twitter has banned a record 682,420 accounts promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity in India between January 26 and February 25. The micro-blogging platform has also taken down 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.

In addition, Twitter processed 27 grievances which were appealing account suspensions.

In its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules, 2021, Twitter said that it received just 73 complaints from users in India in the same time frame through its grievance redressal mechanisms.

“We overturned 10 of these account suspensions after reviewing the situation’s specifics. The remaining reported accounts remain suspended,” said the company.

“We also received 24 requests related to general questions about Twitter accounts during this reporting period,” it added.

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users must publish monthly compliance reports.

The report came as Twitter was set to remove all legacy verified Blue check marks from April 1, and the users will have to pay either Rs.900 a month or Rs.9,400 a year to carry the Blue Badge with verification, with some additional benefits like an ability to edit tweets and post longer text/ videos.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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