Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Jack Dorsey’s allegations for CoWin data leak: Union Minister of State for Information Technology and Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the government’s relationship with any social media platform is only from the point of view of compliance with rules and regulations and therefore there is nothing personal or antithetical against one platform or the other. . He said social media platforms should comply with Indian laws.
Relationships with any social media platform are subject to rules and regulations only
Chandrasekhar was addressing an English website’s ‘Digital India Economy Conclave-2023’. He clarified that the government’s relationship with any social media platform is only to comply with rules and regulations and therefore there is nothing personal or antagonistic to any platform or other. But we ask these forums to strictly and consistently respect Indian law,” the Union minister said.
There are no violations in the Covin database
Union Minister rejects allegations of breach of personal data from Covin Platform (Covid Vaccination Portal). Chandrasekhar said, I would say there is no breach in the Covin database. The data that the Telegram bot is extracting is not taken from the Covin database.
Jack Dorsey was also shocked
The minister also slammed former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for his recent remarks. Dorsey recently alleged that the Indian government put pressure on the microblogging platform during the farmers’ movement and threatened to shut down Twitter in India and raid workers’ residences if the government did not comply. Chandrasekhar completely refutes Dorsey’s claim.
This is completely false because…
Chandrasekhar said this is a blatant lie because at any time in the past, especially during 2020-22, the Indian government has taken any action on Twitter, when the platform has been violating Indian laws for two years. The government hasn’t shut down Twitter or jailed anyone, and that’s ironic because to disprove what Jack Dorsey said, I have to point to inaction on the part of the government against violations of the law. (including language input)
