Twitter working under govt pressure: Congress

The Congress has charged Twitter with “double standards” in blocking its official twitter handle and accused the social media giant of acting “under government pressure”.

The Congress criticism of Twitter came after its account and those of at least four AICC office bearers were blocked for either retweeting Rahul Gandhi’s tweet of a photo of the family members of an alleged Dalit rape victim. Gandhi’s twitter handle was the first to be locked.