Twitter asked to comply with EC norms, ensure no bias during polls

Top officials from the microblogging site, Twitter, who met members of the parliamentary standing committee on Monday, have been asked to “strictly comply” with Election Commission of India’s (ECI) guidelines and to ensure that there is “no bias” on the platform during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the dates for which are scheduled to be announced early next month.

During the over three-hour-long meeting, which included Twitter’s global vice-president for public policy Colin Crowell and other senior company officials, the committee members posed several questions related to fake news, foreign interference through social media platforms, role during elections, etc., sources said.