Twitter bans over 45,000 accounts in India for violating guidelines

 

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Twitter banned more than 45,000 accounts in India in July for violating guidelines, according to the microblogging platform’s monthly compliance report.

The social media giant is currently locked in a legal battle with the Indian government over content blocking orders. Now, it has already banned 45,191 accounts of Indian users.

Twitter suspended 42,825 Indian users' accounts for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. It blocked another 2,366 accounts for promoting terrorism, Twitter said in its monthly compliance report as per the new IT Rules, 2021.

Twitter received 874 grievances in India through its local grievance mechanism between June 26 to July 25. Subsequently, it took action on 70 complaints. In June 2022, Twitter banned more than 43,140 accounts of Indian users.

Twitter said in its monthly compliance report, “While we welcome everyone to express themselves on Twitter, we do not tolerate behaviour that harasses, threatens, dehumanises, or uses fear to silence the voices of others.”

According to the new IT Rules 2021, big social media platforms, with more than 5 million users, have to publish monthly compliance reports on social media users and their digital content.

According to media reports, Twitter receives complaints on its Grievance Officer-India channel. Twitter takes important decisions related to accounting verification and account access through this channel. Twitter can also take action on account suspensions.

In May this year, the social media giant moved the Karnataka High Court against the Indian government's order to take down some content on its micro-blogging platform.

Currently, Twitter is fighting a legal battle with Tesla founder Elon Musk over his $44 billion deal. Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery has ordered a five-day trial beginning October 17 to determine whether Musk can buy the social media platform or not.

In June this year, Musk openly accused Twitter of breaching the merger agreement.

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