Congress Twitter Account Locked

Just under a week after it locked Rahul Gandhi's account on August 8, Twitter restored the Congress leader's handle. Let's first understand the chronology of events and then dive into the nuances.

Rahul Gandhi today ripped into Twitter for locking his account and accused the social media platform of "interfering in our political process" and attacking the democratic structure of the country.

Twitter, after locking the official accounts of Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders, has now locked the official handle of the Indian National Congress (INC) for violating rules of the microblogging site.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien this morning sharply criticised Twitter after the Congress said the social media giant had locked it's official account and many other accounts of its party leaders. The action came just days after former Congress

The official Twitter handle of the Congress has been locked, the party said Thursday on Instagram, amid growing controversy over the social media platform's "selective" action over posts showing the family of a Dalit girl who was allegedly raped.

Close on the heels of temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on late Wednesday claimed that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, including media head Randeep Surjewala.

Twitter on Saturday denied a Congress claim that party leader Rahul Gandhi's account had been "temporarily suspended" by the social media platform, adding to the controversy over the removal of an image posted by the MP a day ago.

Twitter India has been asked to explain under what law the accounts of Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were locked last week citing copyright law.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said he too was briefly locked out of his Twitter account after he posted an explainer on why Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was blocked from posting from his handle.

As Twitter began sanitising its platform by removing inactive and locked accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lost nearly 300,000 followers while Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi lost over 17,000 followers.

Just under a week after it locked Rahul Gandhi's account on August 8, Twitter restored the Congress leader's handle. Let's first understand the chronology of events and then dive into the nuances.

Rahul Gandhi today ripped into Twitter for locking his account and accused the social media platform of "interfering in our political process" and attacking the democratic structure of the country.

Twitter, after locking the official accounts of Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders, has now locked the official handle of the Indian National Congress (INC) for violating rules of the microblogging site.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien this morning sharply criticised Twitter after the Congress said the social media giant had locked it's official account and many other accounts of its party leaders. The action came just days after former Congress

The official Twitter handle of the Congress has been locked, the party said Thursday on Instagram, amid growing controversy over the social media platform's "selective" action over posts showing the family of a Dalit girl who was allegedly raped.

Close on the heels of temporary suspension of Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account, the Congress on late Wednesday claimed that similar action was taken against the handles of five senior leaders, including media head Randeep Surjewala.

Twitter on Saturday denied a Congress claim that party leader Rahul Gandhi's account had been "temporarily suspended" by the social media platform, adding to the controversy over the removal of an image posted by the MP a day ago.

Twitter India has been asked to explain under what law the accounts of Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were locked last week citing copyright law.

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday said he too was briefly locked out of his Twitter account after he posted an explainer on why Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was blocked from posting from his handle.

As Twitter began sanitising its platform by removing inactive and locked accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lost nearly 300,000 followers while Congress Party President Rahul Gandhi lost over 17,000 followers.