New Delhi: The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) on Thursday said the alleged goof-up by Twitter in its location-tagging service that showed Jammu as part of Pakistan and J&K as being in China will be taken up with the micro-blogging site.
“I am sure this will be taken up,” Spokesperson in the MEA Vikas Swarup told reporters.
According to news agency reports, while posting a new tweet, Twitter gives an option to the user to tag his or her location, wherein the microblogging site was on Thursday found to be showing Jammu as being part of Pakistan.
Besides, a user seeking to tag Jammu and Kashmir as the location was being shown the option of this place being in ‘People’s Republic of China’.
A number of Twitter users reportedly criticised Twitter over the issue.
Left red-faced over the faux pas, Twitter’s India office said the problem has been identified and it will be resolved soon.
The development created a flutter among Twiterrati, a term used for frequent users of this platform, and large number of the users criticised Twitter for the goof-up, with some terming it being biased against India. Several ministries and departments of the government including the President’s Secretariat and Prime Minister's Office have been using Twitter to communicate with the people.
Prominent politicians, cine stars and blue-chip companies of the country have also been using this platform.
Incidentally, Twitter had shot into prominence in India after a major controversy over former Congress Minister Shashi Tharoor’s “cattle class” tweets, which he had apparently used for economy class air travel.
