Rules are enforced judiciously, impartially for everyone: Twitter

Clarifying its position regarding blocking accounts of Congress party and several of its leaders Twitter on Thursday said its rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone on its serviceIn a statement a Twitter spokesperson said the microblogging site it will continue to take proactive action if its rules are violatedThe Twitter Rules are enforced judiciously and impartially for everyone on our service We have taken proactive action on several hundred Tweets that posted an image that violated our Rules and may continue to do so in line with our range of enforcement options Certain types of private information carry higher risks than others and our aim is always to protect individuals privacy and safety We strongly encourage everyone on the service to familiarise themselves with the Twitter Rules and report anything they believe is in violation the spokesperson saidCiting reason behind blocking accounts the company said it was alerted by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights NCPCR about specific content on the platform that allegedly revealed the identity of an alleged sexual assault victims and a minors parentsWe reviewed it against Twitter Rules and policies as well as the concerns expressed as a matter of the Indian law stated the spokespersonAs explained in our Help Center if a Tweet was found to be in violation of the Twitter Rules and has yet to be deleted by the account holder we hide it behind a notice and the account remains locked until the Tweet is removed or the appeal is successfully processed they addedAlso read Locking Twitter accounts stifles freedom of expression Shashi TharoorEarlier today after blocking the official accounts of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders Twitter has also blocked the official handle of the Indian National Congress INC for violating the rules of the microblogging siteReacting to the development Social Media Head of All India Congress Committee AICC Rohan Gupta said that nothing will deter the party from raising the voice of the peopleHe alleged that Twitter while acting under the governments pressure has blocked the accounts of more than 5000 party leaders and workers across IndiaRaising questions on microblogging sites action Gupta said Twitter has blocked its account for violation of rules Twitter acting under government pressure Twitter is acting under the governments pressure If it is a violation of Twitter policy then why the photo of the Victims family was there on the Scheduled Caste SC commission handle from August 2 to August 5On August 4 Rahul Gandhi meets the family members of the victims and raises their voice and Twitter immediately locks his account and deletes his tweet These are the double standards If it is a policy violation then the SC commission tweet should have been deleted Why it was there up to August 5 he askedHe added Nothing will deter us from raising voices of these people They have already locked more than 5000 accounts of our leaders and other workers across India But Twitter needs to understand they can work under pressure but we cant be pressurised into not raising the voice of peopleEarlier on Wednesday Congress said the microblogging platform has also locked the official handles of five more senior leadersCongress secretarycommunication Vineet Punia in a tweet said Twitter handles of AICC general secretary and former union minister Ajay Maken party general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala party MP Manickam Tagore Mahila Congress president Sushmita Dev Assam incharge and former union minister Jitendra Singh Alwar have been lockedOn Wednesday Mumbai Regional Congress Committees official Twitter handle was also blocked for violating its rules said Charan Singh Sapra Committee Working PresidentThe Congress earlier said the Twitter account of party leader Rahul Gandhi has been temporarily suspended and he will stay connected through other social media platforms and continue to raise the voice of peopleOn August 6 Twitter had taken down Rahul Gandhis tweet that revealed the identity of the relatives of a rape and murder victim in Delhi The victim was a minor Congress leaders had been alleging that it has been done under pressure from the Central governmentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever