New Delhi: In yet another incidence of utter disregard for Indian laws, Twitter has shown a distorted map of India on its website.
India’s truncated map can be seen on its ‘Tweep Life’ section, where Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has been detached from India. The distorted map was first noticed by user @/thvaranam.
Map of India on Twitter’s careers page.#MapOfIndia #TwitterIndia https://t.co/Xp4BbVHupr pic.twitter.com/k5qmpxt8i7
— acceleration (@thvaranam) June 28, 2021
How netizens reacted
The distorted map has triggered strong reactions from netizens.
User deepakdkokha said, “@rsprasad is @Twitter new @PMOIndia Y such hesitancy in banning @Twitter what is the undertable dealing that @Twitter is becoming bold, anarchist day by day, humiliating ctzn of Hindusthsn & also altering demographic map.”
@rsprasad is @Twitter new @PMOIndia
Y such hesitancy in banning @Twitter what is the undertable dealing that @Twitter is becoming bold, anarchist day by day, humiliating ctzn of Hindusthsn & also altering demographic map, humiliating the very Parliament, @PMOIndia does not care https://t.co/97G16jTXZF— deepakdkokha?? (@deepakdkokha) June 28, 2021
@smritiirani @ianuragthakur @republic @KreatelyMedia @Tejasvi_Surya twitter again showing their left face showing wrong map of india your still waiting for official apologize from Twitter ? Show them their place this time. pic.twitter.com/mQPZJp8PX8
— Vivek (@Vivekmane343) June 28, 2021
Om Singh said, “Twitter shows this map on @TwitterCareers homepage .. see the map of India, JK and Ladakh has been fully cut.. This is done deliberately, and it cant be a mistake …”
@Twitter shows this map on @TwitterCareers homepage .. see the map of india, JK and Ladakh has been fully cut.. This is done deliberately and it cant be mistake … @rsprasad you are gonna tolerate this also?? Is @GoI_MeitY gonna take any big action for this repeat offender?? pic.twitter.com/N0AQ0NqE3a
— Om Singh (@OmSingh228v2) June 28, 2021
Not the first time, Twitter posted distorted India map
This is not the first time that the social media giant has shown the wrong map of India. In October 2020, national security analyst Nitin A Gokhale found that Twitter had labelled the Indian territory of Leh in Ladakh as part of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Gokhale, the founder of Strat News Global, had marked his location as ‘Hall of Fame Leh’.
