Twitter at it again: Shows J&K and Ladakh outside India map on its website

Date:
Mon, 28 Jun 2021 11:13:03 +0000

Description:
The map that appears on the "Tweep Life" section of Twitter has Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, outside India. This is the second time that Twitter is distorting India's map.

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It is almost as if Twitter is spoiling for a fight with the Indian
government. Close on the heels of its interim grievance officer quitting it --- and that is expected to trigger further uproar --- the microblogging platform seems to have slipped into another controversy almost seamlessly.

Twitter website is displaying a wrong map of India , showing Jammu and
Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country. The map that appears on the Tweep Life section shows Jammu & Kashmir, and Ladakh detached from India.

As it happens, this is the second time Twitter has misrepresented India's map . Earlier it had shown Leh as part of China.

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Twitter's latest faux pas, whether intended or unintended, has triggered an avalanche of opinion on Twitter, with many users calling for strict action against it from the Indian governme