It is known that Twitter is already facing the heat of the Indian government over the new IT Rules. Amid this intensified public row between the two parties, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Friday said that the platform had refused him access to his account for nearly an hour alleging a breach of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA.
In a screenshot shared by the minister, Twitter tells that they have locked his account following a complaint Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notice for content posted on his account.
Mr Prasad said in a series of tweets that Twitter’s actions were in gross violation of Rule 4(8) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 where they failed to provide him with any prior notice before denying his access to the account.
Allowing Prasad access to his account, the microblogging platform warned that his account would be blocked again and possibly suspended if any new notices are received against it.