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Twitter India chief booked over 'Tweet Live' showing distorted map of India

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New Delhi, June 29: Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari has been named in an FIR in Uttar Pradesh over an incorrect map of India.

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Amid a stand-off with the Indian government over compliance with new IT rules, the Twitter website is displaying a wrong map of India, showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country.

Twitter India chief booked over Tweet Live showing distorted map of India

The glaring distortion appears on the career section of Twitter website under the header 'Tweep Life'.

This is the second time Twitter has misrepresented India's map.

Earlier it had shown Leh as part of China.

The US digital giant has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules.

The government has slammed Twitter for deliberate defiance and failure to comply with the country's new IT rules, which has led to the microblogging platform losing its legal shield as an intermediary in India, and becoming liable for users posting any unlawful content.

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