Twitter Questioned By Parliamentary Panel

Twitter was questioned by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology on Friday over a whistleblower's revelations on its India operations. The social media platform’s officials were asked about data security and privacy. The Twitter executives denied the whistleblower’s claims.

A parliamentary panel on Friday questioned social media giant Twitter on a range of issues including privacy of user data, possibility of breaches and allegations of irregularities levelled by a former employee named Zatko.

Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to appear before the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Friday. The microblogging site and railway ticketing app have been summoned to discuss concerns over "citizens' data security and privacy".

Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.

Big Tech firms were grilled by a parliamentary panel on Tuesday, where representatives of firms including Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber were questioned on alleged anti-competitive practices. The panel, working under Union Minister Jayant Sinha is working on a report on developing a legal framework to ensure fair compet...

Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were on Monday queried about the hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle and the Pegasus issue by a parliamentary panel, sources told news agency PTI.

Twitter India faced tough questions on Friday including why it had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in India as it faced the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT, sources said.

Executives from Twitter, who appeared before a parliamentary committee on Thursday, faced questions on why Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Twitter account was blocked in November. The agenda of the meeting with Facebook and Twitter included safeguarding citizens' rights, preventing misuse of social news media platforms and women security in the dig...

Twitter official asked by parliamentary panel why comic Kunal Kamra's tweets against Supreme Court allowed to stay: sources

A group of Twitter representatives were questioned by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill on Wednesday over the microblogging site incorrectly showing Ladakh as part of China. The committee said Twitter’s explanation about its actions were inadequate and amounts to criminal offence.

Twitter was questioned by Congress leader Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology on Friday over a whistleblower's revelations on its India operations. The social media platform’s officials were asked about data security and privacy. The Twitter executives denied the whistleblower’s claims.

A parliamentary panel on Friday questioned social media giant Twitter on a range of issues including privacy of user data, possibility of breaches and allegations of irregularities levelled by a former employee named Zatko.

Twitter and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been asked to appear before the Congress MP Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Friday. The microblogging site and railway ticketing app have been summoned to discuss concerns over "citizens' data security and privacy".

Top officials of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) have reportedly been summoned by a parliamentary panel to question them about a tender seeking to monetise digital data of the Indian Railways and the IRCTC.

Big Tech firms were grilled by a parliamentary panel on Tuesday, where representatives of firms including Apple, Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, and Uber were questioned on alleged anti-competitive practices. The panel, working under Union Minister Jayant Sinha is working on a report on developing a legal framework to ensure fair compet...

Top officials of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology were on Monday queried about the hacking of PM Modi's Twitter handle and the Pegasus issue by a parliamentary panel, sources told news agency PTI.

Twitter India faced tough questions on Friday including why it had not appointed a Chief Compliance Officer in India as it faced the Shashi Tharoor-led parliamentary committee on IT, sources said.

Executives from Twitter, who appeared before a parliamentary committee on Thursday, faced questions on why Union Home Minister Amit Shah's Twitter account was blocked in November. The agenda of the meeting with Facebook and Twitter included safeguarding citizens' rights, preventing misuse of social news media platforms and women security in the dig...

Twitter official asked by parliamentary panel why comic Kunal Kamra's tweets against Supreme Court allowed to stay: sources

A group of Twitter representatives were questioned by the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Personal Data Protection Bill on Wednesday over the microblogging site incorrectly showing Ladakh as part of China. The committee said Twitter’s explanation about its actions were inadequate and amounts to criminal offence.