Twitter bans over 6.8 lakh accounts in India amid a major overhaul

 NEW DELHI: Struggling to become profitable under Elon Musk as it takes drastic decisions that have infuriated users, Twitter banned a record 682,420 accounts promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity in India between January 26 and February 25.

The microblogging platform, going through a churning under Musk, also took down 1,548 accounts for promoting terrorism on its platform in the country.

Twitter, in its monthly report in compliance with the new IT Rules for 2021, said that it received just 73 complaints from users in India in the same timeframe through its grievance redressal mechanisms.

In addition, Twitter processed 27 grievances that were appeals of account suspensions.

"We overturned 10 of these account suspensions after reviewing the specifics of the situation." "The remaining reported accounts remain suspended," said the company.

"We also received 24 requests related to general questions about Twitter accounts during this reporting period," it added.

Under the new IT Rules 2021, big digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users have to publish monthly compliance reports.

The report came as Twitter was set to remove all legacy verified blue check marks from April 1, and the users will have to pay either Rs 900 a month or Rs 9,400 a year to carry the blue badge with verification, with some additional benefits like the ability to edit tweets and post longer texts or videos. (IANS)

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