Twitter welcomes EC’s awareness programme

Microblogging site Twitter on Friday welcomed the Election Commission’s awareness programme on its platform starting with the launch of a new emoji for the upcoming polls.

“Committed to providing front row access to the election conversation, Twitter India welcomes the Election Commission of India’s SVEEP onboard the platform. Twitter India is also launching a special election emoji, aimed at encouraging healthy participation in election-related discussions, and encouraging more people to go out and vote,” Twitter said in statement.

Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) is a programme of the Election Commission to educate citizens, electors and voters about the electoral process in order to increase their awareness and participation in the electoral processes through various modes and media platform.