- Sunday, February 23, 2025
By: Shubham Ghosh
AMID its dispute with the Indian government over complying with the country’s new information technology rules, social media giant Twitter has been accused of displaying a distorted map of India showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as separate entities.
India’s ministry of electronics and information technology is looking into the issue of the US social media giant showing a wrong map of India, an informed source said on Monday (28). The matter also created an uproar online especially when the relations between the Indian government and the microblogging site have hit the nadir.
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The controversial map of India was seen on Twitter’s website on the careers section on the page called Tweep Life.
Twitter was accused of same act in October 2020
This is not the first time that Twitter has been accused of misrepresenting India’s map. Last October, the government served the social media platform a notice over the geotag for Leh showing it as a part of China. The Centre had then written to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to convey its disappointment.
Ajay Prakash Sawhney, secretary to the electronics and information technology ministry, warned Twitter that such attempts not only hurt the site’s reputation but also raises questions about its neutrality and fairness as an intermediary.
The issue was resolved after the Indian government asked Twitter why no action should be taken against it.
