New Delhi: A major controversy erupted after Twitter India showed Jammu and Kashmir as part of the Peoples Republic of China in the timelines. A location tag of a live video posted on October 18 by national security analyst Nitin Gokhale showed the Leh’s Hall of Fame memorial in “Jammu and Kashmir” instead of Ladakh Union Territory, and as part of China.
Gokhale posted screenshots of the same on Twitter while raising the issue with the social media platform. In another tweet, Gokhale attached a screenshot of a live video that showed the location tag of Leh’s Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport as part of People’s Republic of China.
See this Twitter! When I put Hall of Fame Leh as the location, see what it shows. I tested it deliberately.@Twitter @TwitterIndia @TwitterSupport pic.twitter.com/sGMbmjJ60c
— Nitin A. Gokhale (@nitingokhale) October 18, 2020
Gokhale who was making the video said, “This morning, I was live on Twitter along with Rohit Pandita to apprise people of my journey to Ladakh from Himachal Pradesh via a new road. After we finished our broadcast, to our horror, we found that the location we had put of our location of the War Memorial, Hall of Fame – a famous landmark in Leh came as Jammu and Kashmir, the People’s Republic of China. I apprised Twitter by tagging them, expecting them to take action, but except for anger from people of India, nothing happened.”
Netizens urged Ravi Shankar Prasad to quickly take action against Twitter India.
We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday, & understand & respect the sensitivities around it. Teams have worked swiftly to investigate & resolve the concerned geotag issue: Twitter Spokesperson on location tag in a live broadcast showing Jammu & Kashmir as part of China. pic.twitter.com/UqpCCgma1q
— ANI (@ANI) October 19, 2020
“We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday, & understand & respect the sensitivities around it. Teams have worked swiftly to investigate & resolve the concerned geotag issue: Twitter Spokesperson on location tag in a live broadcast showing Jammu & Kashmir as part of China, ANI tweeted.
