“Dear @WhatsApp Rqst that u 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,” tweeted Chandrasekhar.
Dear @WhatsApp – Rqst that u pls repair the India map error asap. All platforms that do trade in India and/or wan… https://t.co/aixKMIYkSw
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) 1672483478000
Second ‘caution’ this week
Earlier this week, Chandrasekhar issued a equivalent ‘caution’ to Eric Yuanthe CEO and founding father of the video calling platform Zoom after he tweeted a video that had distorted map of India.
“You may want to make sure you use correct maps of the countries you do/want to do business in,” Chandrasekhar advised Yuan.
you might need to make certain u use proper maps of the international locations u do / need to do trade in @ericsyuan https://t.co/wveFuhh9xJ
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@Rajeev_GoI) 1672239807000
The tweet shared by means of Yuan confirmed most sensible video calling platforms in every nation globally. The video within the tweet had the flawed map of India through which the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir used to be no longer proven.
Zoom CEO deleted the tweet appearing the unsuitable map of the rustic after Chandrasekhar’s tweet. He thanked the minister and others who identified the mistake. “I recently took down a tweet that many of you had pointed out had issues with the map. Thank you for the feedback!!” he tweeted.
I latterly took down a tweet that a lot of you had identified had problems with the map. Thanks for the comments!!
— Eric S. Yuan (he / him / his) (@ericsyuan) 1672246873000
In October this 12 months, the federal government had notified regulations beneath which it’s going to arrange appellate panels to redress grievances that customers could have in opposition to the choices of social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook on internet hosting contentious content material.
The responsibilities of intermediaries previous had been restricted to notifying customers of regulations however now with the brand new regulations there might be a lot more particular responsibilities on platforms.
