Rahul Gandhi alleges Twitter restricting his followers 'under govt pressure'
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | January 27, 2022 IST
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New Delhi, Jan 27: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the micro-blogging platform Twitter is working under pressure from the Centre and restricting his followers to silence his voice. In a letter addressed to Twitter CEO Parag Aggarwal in December last year, the Congress MP reportedly said that his followers on the social media platform were being restricted by Twitter under direct pressure from the Centre. It may be noted that Twitter recently banned one of Rahul Gandhi’s tweets for allegedly violating the company’s content guidelines. “I want to bring your attention to what I believe is Twitter’s unwitting complicity in curbing free and fair speech in India,” Rahul Gandhi wrote in his letter to Twitter’s CEO. He also sent an analysis of data from his Twitter account showing that the number of followers, which currently stands at 19.5 million, had barely increased for several months following an eight-day suspension in August last year. Responding to the Congress leader’s letter, Twitter said, “Follower counts are a visible feature and we want everyone to have confidence that numbers are meaningful and accurate.” The social media company said, “Twitter has a zero-tolerance approach to platform manipulation and spam.” “We remove millions of accounts each week for violating our policies on platform manipulation & spam. You can take a look at the latest Twitter Transparency Center update for more context. While some accounts notice a minor difference, in certain cases no could be higher,” the company added. The Twitter spokesperson further said, “We fight spam and malicious automation strategically and at scale with machine learning tools, and as part of those consistent and ongoing efforts to ensure a healthy service and credible accounts, follower counts can and do fluctuate.” Gandhi, who is a Congress Member of Parliament from Kerala's Wayanad, has been an active user of Twitter since 2015.
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