Twitter locks IT Minister out of his account, he slams violation of Rules

The ongoing tension between Twitter and the Central government ratcheted up Friday after Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Union Minister for Law and Justice, was locked out of his official account on the social media platform over a tweet posted by him three and a half years ago.

Sources in the IT Ministry said Prasad had been denied access to his account between 7.50 am and 8.50 am on Friday.

A spokesperson for Twitter said the action had come after the microblogging platform received a notice of violation of US copyright law by the Minister’s account.