Twitter 'withholds' donation fraud accused Rana Ayyub's tweet in India
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Twitter ‘withholds’ donation fraud accused Rana Ayyub’s tweet in India

According to Twitter an account withheld message means that the microblogging site "was compelled to withhold the entire account specified (e.g., @username) in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order."

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Jun 27, 2022, 10:00 am IST
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New Delhi: Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000.

Ayyub on Sunday took to her Twitter account to post the notice and said: “Hello @Twitter, what exactly is this?”

The notice from Twitter that Ayyub shared read: “In order to comply with Twitter’s obligations under India’s local laws, we have withheld the following account in India under the country’s Information Technology Act, 2000: the content remains available elsewhere.”

According to the tweet link in the letter by Twitter, Rana Ayyub in April quoted a tweet by Bar and Bench, which said, “Court allows ASI survey of Gyanvapi Mosque,” and wrote, “Sanction the stage for demolition of yet another mosque in India, sanctioned by the judiciary, endorsed by the regime, abetted by the silence of its liberals and enabled by the complicity of the citizenry. Yet another day of humiliating the Muslim minority. Democracy Anyone?”

“As Twitter strongly believes in defending and respecting the voice of the people who use our service, it is our policy to notify account holders if we receive a legal request from an authorized entity (such law enforcement or government agency) to remove content from their account. We provide notice whether or not the user lives in the country where the request originated,” it read.

Former CEO of Prasar Bharati, Shashi Shekhar Vempati said that the notice by Twitter could be “either a bug or a delayed reaction to past incidents.”

Vempati tweeted: “Noticed many hyperventilating tweets regarding so called online censorship by Govt of India via @TwitterIndia. It either seems to be a bug or a delayed reaction to past incidents for I too have received such an email from @Twitter overnight for the incident last year.”

The former Prasar Bharti CEO also shared an email with a similar message that he had received.

Alluding to the Twitter posting by Rana Ayyub, Vempati tweeted: “Including an account withheld in India message from @Twitter @TwitterIndia. Perhaps the “celebrity Islamophobia Activist” can pipe down and stop claiming victimhood.”

Vempati was among those whose accounts were withheld last year based on the request of the Ministry of Home Affairs and law enforcement agencies to prevent any escalation of the law and order situation during the farmers’ agitation.

According to Twitter an account withheld message means that the microblogging site “was compelled to withhold the entire account specified (e.g., @username) in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.”

Twitter’s policy states that it may be necessary to withhold accounts in case of a “valid and properly scoped request from an authorised entity. “Such withholdings will be limited to the specific jurisdiction that has issued the valid legal demand or where the content has been found to violate local law(s),” according to its policy.

Meanwhile, In February, the Enforcement Directorate attached Rs 1.77 crore of Washington Post columnist Rana Ayyub in a money laundering case.

According to an official, Ayyub allegedly utilized the parts of donations meant for three campaigns, for personal expenses. “She allegedly didn’t utilize donations meant for three campaigns for the right purpose. Parts of donations were allegedly used for personal expenses,” said the ED official. (With inputs from ANI)

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