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Ghaziabad Police summons Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari over video

Twitter was named because it did not prevent a video from going viral on the platform, mews agencies reported

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There has been much debate over whether Twitter has lost its safe harbour provision under the IT Act for not fully following the newly notified IT Rules, 2021

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Ghaziabad Police has summoned Twitter India Managing Director Manish Maheshwari within seven days over a video that went viral on the platform.

Iraz Raza, SP - Rural, Ghaziabad, told news agency ANI the department has summoned Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari and has also asked for some details from him within a week via mail. Raza said he hoped Maheshwari will co-operate in the investigation.

The case relates to an allegedly manipulated video of a Muslim man being beaten up and allegedly forced to chant “Jai shri Ram” by his attackers. A case was filed on Wednesday against Twitter, wire.in,

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