A map on Twitter’s careers page showed the Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir region, including Ladakh outside India- as not part of the country. The map, which appeared on the Twitter website’s Career page under the heading ‘Tweep Life’ section was removed from the webpage late Monday.
The disputed region is claimed by both India and Pakistan.
The incorrect map attracted heavy criticism from netizens and demands of action against the microblogging site.
A Hindu group has filed a complaint with police against Twitter’s country head for showing regions outside a map of India on its website. The lawsuit accuses India’s Twitter chief Manish Maheshwari and another business executive of breaking India’s IT rules as well as laws designed to prevent enmity and hatred between classes.
After a massive backlash, Twitter on Monday removed from its website a wrong map of India.
Amit Malviya, Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president of IT cell has criticized twitter for posting an erroneous map. “This is not the first time that Twitter has got India’s map wrong and that’s perhaps the reason why intermediary guidelines mandate that social media and tech company employees should understand the local cultural sensitivities in territorial issues. I guess it is time to realise that there is inadequacy in compliance with the law of land, ” Amit Malviya said to ANI.
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment. As of Tuesday, the map was no longer visible on its site.
(With agency inputs)
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