Govt looking into Twitter displaying wrong map of India
The map, which shows Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir as a separate country, is available on the company’s website under careers sections on the page titled Tweep Life
The ministry of electronics and information is looking into the issue of Twitter displaying a wrong map of India, an official familiar with the matter said on Monday. The misrepresentation caused an uproar online amid the ongoing impasse between the government and the microblogging platform.
The map, which shows Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir as a separate country, is available on the company’s website under careers sections on the page titled Tweep Life.
HT reached out to Twitter but did not receive a response immediately.
This is the second time Twitter has misrepresented India’s map. In October last year, the Centre had served Twitter with a notice over the geotag for Leh showing it as a part of China. Writing to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the Centre on October 22 conveyed its “disappointment regarding the misrepresentation of the map of India”.
It also asked Twitter to explain why action should not be taken against it and the micro-blogging site resolved the issue.
