Remove ‘Manipulated Media’ tag from certain tweets: MeitY tells Twitter
May 21, 2021
IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad - AFP×
Says platform’s action pending probe dilutes its credibility
The government has written to the global team of Twitter objecting to the use of “Manipulated Media” tag on certain tweets by political leaders with reference to a toolkit alleged to have been created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the government against the Covid-19 pandemic.
It has told the micro-blogging platform to remove the ‘Manipulated Media’ tags affixed “prejudicially” to certain tweets in recent days in the interests of “fairness and equity”.