Twitter bans over 45K accounts in India for violating guidelines

New Delhi, Sep 2 (IANS) Twitter, which is locked in a authorized battle with the Indian authorities over content material blocking orders, banned 45,191 accounts of Indian customers in the month of July over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging platform stated in its month-to-month compliance report on Friday.

Twitter suspended 42,825 accounts for selling little one sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and comparable content material in India, whereas blocking one other 2,366 accounts for selling terrorism, it stated in its month-to-month compliance report as per the brand new IT Rules, 2021.

The microblogging platform obtained 874 grievances in the nation via its native grievance mechanism between June 26-July 25 and took motion on 70 complaints.

In June, Twitter banned greater than 43,140 accounts of Indian customers.

“While we welcome everybody to specific themselves on our platform, we don’t tolerate behaviour that harasses, threatens, dehumanises, or makes use of concern to silence the voices of others,” Twitter stated in the report.

Under the brand new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms, with greater than 5 million customers, should publish month-to-month compliance studies.

Twitter receives complaints in its Grievance Officer-India channel that relate to account verification, account entry, or looking for help or data concerning an account or Twitter’s enforcement actions.

In addition, Twitter processed 124 grievances which have been interesting account suspensions.

“These have been all resolved and the suitable responses have been despatched. We overturned none of those account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the scenario,” stated the corporate.

The compliance report got here as whistleblower Peiter Zatko, former head of safety at Twitter, alleged that the Indian authorities compelled the platform to “rent a authorities agent on its payroll” and “grant entry to delicate consumer information”, a declare which has been dismissed by Twitter.

In May, Twitter moved the Karnataka High Court in opposition to the Indian authorities’s order to take down some content material on its platform.

(Except for the headline, the remainder of this IANS article is un-edited)

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