ISLAMABAD – Micro blogging site Twitter received a complaint about a tweet of President Arif Alvi regarding occupied Kashmir, however, said it was not in violation of rules.
Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari shared a screenshot of the email on Monday, saying that the action was in “bad taste and simply ridiculous”.
https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1165894535760752640
The email informed President Alvi that Twitter had received a complaint regarding a tweet he posted on August 24 but added that Twitter had “investigated the reported content and could not identify any violations of the Twitter rules or applicable law”.
“Accordingly, we have not taken any action at this time,” the email read.
President Alvi had shared a video of a protest reportedly held in Srinagar which became a reason for Twitter to investigate the content.
https://twitter.com/ArifAlvi/status/1165125668729970690
In recent days, twitter has taken actions against certain accounts for posting content concerning Kashmir.
Last week, the government had specified around 200 accounts, that were suspended apparently for posting about occupied Kashmir, to Twitter.
Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations, Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor had also announced that the authorities had taken up the issue with Twitter and Facebook, saying the reason for suspension was Indian staff at their regional headquarters.
