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Government asks Twitter to remove ‘manipulated media’ tag fom tweets related to ‘Congress toolkit’ “Such tagging by Twitter appears prejudged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt to colour the investigation by local law enforcement agency” May 21, 2021 06:22 pm | Updated May 22, 2021 07:06 am IST - NEW DELHI Hours after a tweet by BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on the alleged ‘Congress toolkit’ was labelled as ‘manipulated media’, the Union government has asked Twitter to remove the tag for “tweets on toolkit to defame government’s COVID-19 efforts” as the matter is pending investigation before a law enforcement agency. “The Ministry of Electronics and IT has written a strong communication to the global team of Twitter, registering its objection to the use of ‘manipulated media’ tag on certain tweets made by Indian political leaders with reference to a toolkit created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the government against the COVID-19 pandemic,” a Ministry source said. Manipulated media tag on Sambit Patra tweet vindicates our stand, says Congress “The government has asked Twitter to remove the tags affixed prejudicially to certain tweets in recent days in the interests of fairness and equity... Investigation will determine the veracity of the content, not Twitter,” the source stated. In the communication, the Ministry pointed out that one of the parties concerned had complained to the local law enforcement agency questioning the veracity of the tool...

A screenshot of Sambit Patra's tweet tagged as 'manipulated media.' “Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic! More of a PR exercise with the help of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour,” the tweet by Mr. Patra said. As per Twitter’s policy, content may be labelled as ‘manipulated media’ or, in some cases, removed if the company has a reason to believe that media, or the context in which media are presented, are “significantly and deceptively altered or manipulated”. To access such media, the company looks at whether editing has been done in a manner that fundamentally alters the content composition, shared in a deceptive manner and is likely to impact public safety or cause harm. “...We may label tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the media’s authenticity and to provide additional context,” Twitter had said earlier while announcing its manipulated media policy. The Congress, which has alleged that the documents used by Mr. Patra are fake, on Thursday wrote to Twitter to remove tweets by BJP leaders on the issue.

The BJP spokesperson also shared the video footage of the same on his official Twitter handle. "Today, I participated in the pilgrimage of Rebati Raman village of Samang panchayat in Puri district, worshipped my mother by walking on fire and took her blessings and wished the villagers' happiness and prosperity," Patra tweeted. "In this pilgrimage, I am feeling blessed by walking on the fire and receiving the blessings of the Mother (Goddess Dulan)," he said, adding a reflection of this tradition is in the Jak and Jhamu Yatra. शक्ति पूजा हमारी सनातन संस्कृति एवं परंपरा का अहम हिस्सा है, पुरी जिले के समंग पंचायत के रेबती रमण गांव में आयोजित यह दण्ड और झामू यात्रा इसी प्राचीन परंपरा का प्रतीक है। इस तीर्थयात्रा में अग्नि पर चलकर मां की पूजा-अर्चना एवं आशीर्वाद प्राप्त कर, खुद को धन्य अनुभव कर रहा हूँ।… Speaking to reporters at the event, the senior BJP leader said he performed the task with the blessing of the Goddess, for the welfare of the people and peace in the area. Patra also attached video footage showing him walking on the fire bed surrounded by villagers who chanted "Hail Maa Dulan" and beat cymbals. Patra contested from the Puri Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls but he lost to Pinaki Mishra of BJD by a margin of 10,000 votes. According to tradition, Jhamu Jatra is a penance and devotees inflict pain on themselves by walking on fire or piercing nails their bodies to appease the Mother Goddess Dulan for the fulfilment of desires. However, the incident...

Premium Twitter marks BJP leader’s post on Cong ‘toolkit’ manipulated; IT Ministry steps in, calls it biased The government has asked Twitter to remove the 'manipulated media' tag as the matter is pending before law enforcement agency, and made it clear that the social media platform cannot pass judgment when the issue is under investigation. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has written to Twitter objecting to it tagging some of the posts on an alleged Congress “toolkit” against the Modi government, as “manipulated media”. In a letter seeking that the tag be removed, the ministry has said the move by Twitter appears “prejudged”, “prejudiced”, and “arbitrary”. Among those whose posts was tagged is BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra. The BJP itself is yet to officially respond to Twitter, although leaders complained that the platform was “biased” against the party. The Congress said the tagging had “vindicated” its stand that the “toolkit” allegations were a forgery and fraud by the Also Read | Sources said that in its letter, the IT Ministry said Twitter had “unilaterally drawn a conclusion in this matter” and had “arbitrarily tagged” tweets and their content as “manipulated media”. “Such tagging by Twitter appears prejudged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt to colour the investigation by the local law enforcement agency. This action not only dilutes the credibility of Twitter as a neutral and unbiased platform facilitating exchange of views by t...

Yet another Twitter vs Centre showdown. Yet another embarrassment for the central government, which appears to have overplayed its hand. Twitter's refusal to remove the ‘manipulated media’ label from tweets by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra and other party members – such as Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, BJP national social media in-charge Priti Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh co-incharge Sunil Deodhar, BJP media panelist Charu Pragya and BJP Delhi general secretary Kuljeet Singh Chahal – despite an alleged order from the central government, marks yet another chapter in the rich history of Centre vs Twitter battle. This duelling round, observers would argue, has gone to Twitter. Since 2018, the Centre and the BJP have taken on Twitter at regular intervals over a host of issues. These staring contests have become frequent and intensified in 2021, with Twitter rarely having to retreat from its stance. This piece analyses and explains how the Centre appears to have fired blanks, why Twitter has won the latest round, the manner in which the government's relation with the platform has soured, and what lies ahead in this dead rubber battle. On 22 May, the Internet Freedom Foundation wrote to the Union Electronics & IT Ministry, pointing out, “Nothing in the IT Act, 2000 or the rules made thereunder empowers MEITY to request Twitter to take down such tags. The law also does not prohibit Twitter from affixing such tags.” This raises serious doubts about the enf...

Two days after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accused the Indian National Congress (INC) for making a ‘toolkit’ targeting the government over its COVID handling, Twitter on late Thursday, 20 May, tagged BJP National Spokesperson Sambit Patra’s tweet as “manipulated media”. On Tuesday, Patra had shared screenshots of the alleged “toolkit”, claiming that the Congress had created the document to “corner” Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his handling of the pandemic. However, in an analysis, fact-checking organisation Alt News and The Quint’s WebQoof team had Speaking to The Quint, Chairman of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) research department and national spokesperson Rajeev Gowda said that someone has forged a fake document by editing the genuine Central Vista document, which was prepared by the party. The Congress has also written a formal complaint to Twitter seeking suspension of Twitter accounts of BJP leaders who were “indulging in spreading forged documents attributing to Congress”. However, this is not the first time that Patra’s tweet has been marked as “manipulated media” by the platform. On 31 January 2021, Twitter tagged a video posted by Patra as “manipulated” media in which he falsely claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had spoken in support of the three controversial farm laws against which the Tweets made by other Twitter handles, like The tweet has been marked under the platform’s “Synthetic and manipulated media policy” which mentions...

The BJP spokesperson also shared the video footage of the same on his official Twitter handle. "Today, I participated in the pilgrimage of Rebati Raman village of Samang panchayat in Puri district, worshipped my mother by walking on fire and took her blessings and wished the villagers' happiness and prosperity," Patra tweeted. "In this pilgrimage, I am feeling blessed by walking on the fire and receiving the blessings of the Mother (Goddess Dulan)," he said, adding a reflection of this tradition is in the Jak and Jhamu Yatra. शक्ति पूजा हमारी सनातन संस्कृति एवं परंपरा का अहम हिस्सा है, पुरी जिले के समंग पंचायत के रेबती रमण गांव में आयोजित यह दण्ड और झामू यात्रा इसी प्राचीन परंपरा का प्रतीक है। इस तीर्थयात्रा में अग्नि पर चलकर मां की पूजा-अर्चना एवं आशीर्वाद प्राप्त कर, खुद को धन्य अनुभव कर रहा हूँ।… Speaking to reporters at the event, the senior BJP leader said he performed the task with the blessing of the Goddess, for the welfare of the people and peace in the area. Patra also attached video footage showing him walking on the fire bed surrounded by villagers who chanted "Hail Maa Dulan" and beat cymbals. Patra contested from the Puri Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls but he lost to Pinaki Mishra of BJD by a margin of 10,000 votes. According to tradition, Jhamu Jatra is a penance and devotees inflict pain on themselves by walking on fire or piercing nails their bodies to appease the Mother Goddess Dulan for the fulfilment of desires. However, the incident...

Government asks Twitter to remove ‘manipulated media’ tag fom tweets related to ‘Congress toolkit’ “Such tagging by Twitter appears prejudged, prejudiced and a deliberate attempt to colour the investigation by local law enforcement agency” May 21, 2021 06:22 pm | Updated May 22, 2021 07:06 am IST - NEW DELHI Hours after a tweet by BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra on the alleged ‘Congress toolkit’ was labelled as ‘manipulated media’, the Union government has asked Twitter to remove the tag for “tweets on toolkit to defame government’s COVID-19 efforts” as the matter is pending investigation before a law enforcement agency. “The Ministry of Electronics and IT has written a strong communication to the global team of Twitter, registering its objection to the use of ‘manipulated media’ tag on certain tweets made by Indian political leaders with reference to a toolkit created to undermine, derail and demean the efforts of the government against the COVID-19 pandemic,” a Ministry source said. Manipulated media tag on Sambit Patra tweet vindicates our stand, says Congress “The government has asked Twitter to remove the tags affixed prejudicially to certain tweets in recent days in the interests of fairness and equity... Investigation will determine the veracity of the content, not Twitter,” the source stated. In the communication, the Ministry pointed out that one of the parties concerned had complained to the local law enforcement agency questioning the veracity of the tool...

Yet another Twitter vs Centre showdown. Yet another embarrassment for the central government, which appears to have overplayed its hand. Twitter's refusal to remove the ‘manipulated media’ label from tweets by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Sambit Patra and other party members – such as Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, BJP national social media in-charge Priti Gandhi, Andhra Pradesh co-incharge Sunil Deodhar, BJP media panelist Charu Pragya and BJP Delhi general secretary Kuljeet Singh Chahal – despite an alleged order from the central government, marks yet another chapter in the rich history of Centre vs Twitter battle. This duelling round, observers would argue, has gone to Twitter. Since 2018, the Centre and the BJP have taken on Twitter at regular intervals over a host of issues. These staring contests have become frequent and intensified in 2021, with Twitter rarely having to retreat from its stance. This piece analyses and explains how the Centre appears to have fired blanks, why Twitter has won the latest round, the manner in which the government's relation with the platform has soured, and what lies ahead in this dead rubber battle. On 22 May, the Internet Freedom Foundation wrote to the Union Electronics & IT Ministry, pointing out, “Nothing in the IT Act, 2000 or the rules made thereunder empowers MEITY to request Twitter to take down such tags. The law also does not prohibit Twitter from affixing such tags.” This raises serious doubts about the enf...

A screenshot of Sambit Patra's tweet tagged as 'manipulated media.' “Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic! More of a PR exercise with the help of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour,” the tweet by Mr. Patra said. As per Twitter’s policy, content may be labelled as ‘manipulated media’ or, in some cases, removed if the company has a reason to believe that media, or the context in which media are presented, are “significantly and deceptively altered or manipulated”. To access such media, the company looks at whether editing has been done in a manner that fundamentally alters the content composition, shared in a deceptive manner and is likely to impact public safety or cause harm. “...We may label tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the media’s authenticity and to provide additional context,” Twitter had said earlier while announcing its manipulated media policy. The Congress, which has alleged that the documents used by Mr. Patra are fake, on Thursday wrote to Twitter to remove tweets by BJP leaders on the issue.