WhatsApp has apologized for placing up a distorted map of India, after the Meta-owned platform used to be referred to as out through Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who made it transparent any platform with industry within the nation should use proper maps.
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The rapid messaging provider additionally took down the flawed graphic.
“Thank you Minister for mentioning the accidental error; now we have promptly got rid of the flow, apologies. We will remember someday,” tweeted WhatsApp, responding to Chandrasekhar’s tweet.
Earlier, criticizing WhatsApp, the Minister of State (MoS) for Electronics and Technology tweeted: “Dear @WhatsApp – Rqst that pls fix the India map error asap. All platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India must use correct maps.”
The graphic shared through the messaging provider on its professional Twitter care for, at the instance of New Year’s Eve, used to be inaccurate because it excluded from India the areas of Jammu and Kashmir illegally occupied through Pakistan, in addition to some areas claimed through China.
Wrong depiction of India’s territory can result in a police case in opposition to the culprit, and prison time period as neatly.
Earlier this week, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, too, shared an improper India map, and used to be promptly slammed through Chandrasekhar. Yuan deleted the tweet after the mistake used to be identified to him.
