Manipulated Media Controversy: Government Vs Twitter
A controversy erupted after Twitter labelled BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra’s Congress toolkit tweet as ‘manipulated media’
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On Thursday, microblogging site Twitter tagged a post by BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra as “manipulated media”, a term used by social media platforms to denote fabricated or fake media, like videos or photographs. Twitter’s tag drew a sharp reaction from the Indian government, which termed the US-based company’s action as “biased”. However, this is the not the first time a post by a BJP leader or celebrity supporter has come under a cloud. This has also reopened the global debate over “fake posts” and free speech, with the right-wing often accusing social media platforms of being leaning towards the left and li
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Sambit Patra’s toolkit tweet tagged ‘manipulative’
ByAnam AjmalAnam Ajmal / Updated: May 21, 2021, 08:17 IST
NEW DELHI:
toolkit by
Congress as “manipulated media” on Thursday.
Patra’s tweet, posted on May 18, included the screenshot of a Word Document, which contained instructions to amplify BJP’s alleged apathy towards Covid relief work. Congress had alleged that the toolkit Patra had shared was “fake” and had threatened legal action against BJP members. On Thursday, Twitter too tagged Patra’s tweet as “manipulated”.
“Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic! More of a PR exercise with the help of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour,” Patra had posted.
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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) stated that during the day, 479 complaints of falling of trees and branches were received from across Mumbai. Of these, 245 complaints were received from Western suburbs, followed by 156 from the Island city and 78 from the Eastern suburbs.
The civic body also informed that its automatic weather stations recorded an average of 105.44 mm rainfall in the island city till 5 pm, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 61.13 mm and 114.78 mm rainfall, respectively.
The Mumbai Met department recorded 189 mm rainfall at Colaba observatory while rainfall of 194 mm was recorded at Santacruz till 5.30 pm.
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