The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (IT) told Parliament on Wednesday that Twitter has not shared its details of its policy pertaining to labelling of certain messages as ‘Manipulated Media’.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology (IT), Rajeev Chandrasekhar said as per Twitter, the labelling of certain messages as ‘Manipulated Media’ has been done as per their “Synthetic and Manipulated Media Policy”. “However, no specific details of how this policy became applicable have been shared. Government has been engaged with Twitter on this issue,” he said.
The minister said that the issue of labelling of user tweets as manipulated media does not come under the purview of above said Rules. “ Further, on the issue of manipulated media, Meity has pointed out to Twitter that they are violating the principle of natural justice and urged Twitter to be transparent and equitable in applying the criteria,” he said.
“On May 26, Twitter was non-compliant of these Rules because it did not appoint key functionaries including Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person and the Resident Grievance Officer,” the minister said.