Twitter receives complaint about President Alvi’s tweet on Srinagar, says it does not violate rules – Tech

President Arif Alvi has joined the list of people whose accounts have been reported to have posted about the blockade and protests in occupied Kashmir, according to a Twitter email. However, the social media giant did not discover that the tweet violates its rules.

Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari shared a screenshot of the email on Monday your twitter account, saying that the action was "tasteless and simply ridiculous."

"Twitter has really gone too far to become a spokesman for the Rogue Modi government!" she declared. "They sent a notice to our president! In bad taste and just ridiculous."

The email, shared by Mazari, informed President Alvi that Twitter had received a complaint regarding a tweet he published on August 24. He added that Twitter had "investigated the informed content and could not identify any violation of Twitter's rules or applicable law."

"Consequently, we have not taken any action at this time," said the email.

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The tweet in question of President Alvi contained a video of a protest that was reportedly held in Srinagar.

"This is Srinagar yesterday despite curfews, bans, blackouts, tear gas and gunfire," the text attached in the tweet said. "No amount of oppression and brutality can suppress cashmere resentment against India. They want freedom at all costs. Please retweet and communicate the world."

International media have been reporting on the great protests that are taking place in occupied Kashmir, despite the efforts of the Indian government to silence journalists and the media. Protests and demonstrations are carried out against New Delhi's decision to revoke article 370 of the constitution, despite a strict blockade and blackout of communications, which has been in force for the past three weeks.

In recent weeks, several users have complained that their accounts were suspended for posting about events in occupied Kashmir. Last week, the government had specified about 200 accounts, which were apparently suspended for posting about occupied Kashmir, on Twitter. The general director of public relations between services, Major General Asif Ghafoor, also announced that the authorities had addressed the problem with Twitter and Facebook "against the suspension of Pakistani accounts for publishing in support of Kashmir. Indian personnel in its regional headquarters is the reason. "

Twitter violations

According to the Twitter Rules, accounts that post spam or abusive content are temporarily suspended. The website also suspends accounts suspected of being hacked, until "the owner of the account can be secured and restored."

In addition, tweets that violate the Twitter Rules are hidden behind an interstitial until the user deletes it. If the platform does not find that a reported tweet violates its rules, it informs the user that a complaint was filed against the content published by them, but no measures were taken to maintain transparency.