Between June 26 and July 25, Twitter has suspended 31,637 accounts in India. The micro blogging platform received 120 grievances and ‘actioned’ 167 URLs during this period. In its monthly compliance report as mandated by the new IT rules, Twitter India said the majority of complaints received via Grievance Officer channel during the reporting period fell into categories like Abuse/ Harassment (36), Misinformation/ Synthetic and Manipulated Media (28), Defamation and IP-related Infringement (13 each), Hateful Conduct (12), Impersonation (8), Sensitive Adult Content (5), Privacy Infringement (4) and Terrorism/ Violent Extremism (1).
The highest number of URLs actioned pertained to Abuse/ Harassment and IP-related Infringement (46 each), followed by Privacy Infringement (35), Impersonation (16) and Defamation (15). URLs actioned under Misinformation/ Synthetic and Manipulated Media category stood at seven, and Sensitive Adult Content and Hateful Conduct (one each).
The social media giant said that Twitter does not tolerate any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation — whether in Direct Messages or elsewhere throughout the service.