New Delhi: Social media platform Twitter on Thursday night removed the Display Picture (DP) of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. It, in any case, restored the image after a short time.
It turned out that Twitter made the move after somebody claimed copyright on the picture. In any case, as soon as the questions arose on the activity, Twitter restored the same picture.
The Twitteratti responded on the activity that who can claim on the image of the Home Minister?
In fact, a message was shown on the DP of Shah on Thursday night saying ‘Media not displayed’. In the message, Twitter said that the image has been removed after somebody claimed copyright on it.
Shah is well known on social media. He is the second leader in the nation after Prime Minister Narendra Modi in terms of most number of followers on Twitter. He has 23.6 million followers. The Home Minister follows just 296 individuals.
Publishing a response subsequent to removing the display image of Home Minister Amit Shah from his official Twitter account, Twitter has said that the steps were taken under their global copyright policies.
The response comes after Twitter faced a backlash from Indian users with some even demanding the ban on the social media goliath. A Twitter representative has said that the account of the Union Home Minister was locked because of “due to an inadvertent error.”
The response likewise explained that the decision was withdrawn “immediately” and the account of Amit Shah is completely functional now, the display picture has additionally been restored.
A comparable incident had likewise happened in the previous week on Senior BJP head Subramanian Swamy’s Twitter account. For over seven days, Twitter blocked his profile and banner image of him, referring to copyright infringement.
A report expressed that Dr Swamy’s lawyers and his secretary Jagdish Shetty reached out to Twitter, warning of legal action, following which Twitter restored the pictures again on Thursday night.
Twitter clarified that they were acting based on a complaint from an unknown individual from Bangladesh. Twitter had as of late also removed the profile picture on the official Twitter handle of BCCI, likewise referring to copyright infringement.
