Twitter India Offices Raided By Delhi Police Over Manipulated Media Tweets

When members of the ruling party in India shared tweets about an alleged “toolkit” that the opposition party used to derail the PM’s effort to curb COVID, Twitter labeled those tweets as “manipulated media”. Following this, the Delhi Police sent out a notice to Twitter India’s offices to explain why the tweets were labeled the same. When they did not receive any response from the social media giant, the Police raided the Twitter India office in Delhi and Gurgaon on Monday to get the answers.

Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic!More of a PR exercise with the help of “Friendly Journalists” & “Influencers” than a soulful endeavour.Read for yourselves the agenda of the Congress:#CongressToolKitExposed pic.twitter.com/3b7c2GN0re

So, on Monday, three teams from the Special Cell of Delhi Police, which is controlled by the Central government, paid a visit to Twitter India offices in Delhi and Gurgaon. The PRO of the Delhi Police Chinmoy Biswal told the media that the action was “a part of a routine process.”