Twitter removes distorted India map after users protest

New Delhi: Twitter on Monday dropped an incorrect map of India from its website, after users protested angrily against the depiction that showed Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh as separate countries.

“This is the second time Twitter has shown the wrong map of India. Earlier Twitter had shown Leh as part of China,” said a government official, adding that action on the issue was being contemplated. Twitter is also facing government ire over its non-compliance of India’s new IT rules.

In November last year, the government had issued a notice to Twitter for showing Leh as part of Jammu & Kashmir, instead of the union territory of Ladakh.