New Delhi: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Friday alleged that Twitter denied access to his account for almost an hour on the alleged “ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA.” Though the Twitter account of the Minister was visible for public viewing.
The minister took to indigenous social messaging app Koo to share his ‘peculiar’ experience.
Ravi Shakar Prasad posted screenshots and wrote, “Your account has been locked because Twitter received a compliant Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Notice for content posted to your Twitter account. Under the DMCA copyright owners can notify Twitter claiming that a user has infringed their copyrighted works. Upon receipt of a valid notice, Twitter will remove the identified material. Twitter maintains a repeat copyright infringer policy under repeat infringer accounts will be suspended. Accruing multiple DMCA strikes may lead to suspension of your account.”
