X responds after taking down posts of events, leaders on EC orders

The Election Commission has ordered social media platform X to take down choose posts of YSR Congress, AAP, N Chandrababu Naidu, and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for violation of the mannequin code of conduct, the microblogging web site stated on Tuesday. 

The orders had been issued on April 2 and April 3 and a follow-up e-mail was despatched by the ballot panel on April 10 during which it cited a violation of the ”voluntary code of ethics” if ‘X’ fails to take away the 4 posts reported to it.

‘X’ stated the Election Commission of India has issued takedown orders requiring the microblogging web site to behave on posts containing political speech shared from elected politicians, political events, and candidates for workplace.

The ballot panel discovered that the objectionable posts had been in violation of the mannequin code of conduct that bars criticising political events primarily based on any features of the personal life of leaders or employees of different events that aren’t related with public actions or primarily based on unverified allegations or distorted details.

”In compliance with the orders, we now have withheld these posts for the rest of the election interval. However, we disagree with these actions and preserve that freedom of expression ought to prolong to those posts and political speech on the whole,” the microblogging web site stated. 

”We have notified the affected customers and within the curiosity of transparency, we’re publishing the takedown orders right here. We name on the Election Commission to publish all of its takedown orders going ahead,” it stated.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA workers and is printed from PTI)

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