NEW DELHI: Twitter<\/a> has blocked some 250 urls (Twitter<\/a> accounts and tweets), which were using #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide, <\/span>after <\/span><\/span>the Ministry of E<\/span>lectronics and IT (MeitY<\/span>) flagged the provocative tweets to <\/span>the US social media major <\/span>.<\/span>

“The law enforcement<\/a> agencies took notice of these provocative tweets on Saturday , January 30 and this was immediately brought to MeitY<\/a>'s attention which then took action,” a person familiar with the matter <\/span>told ET.<\/span>

The person <\/span>said that since incitement to genocide was a grave threat to public order<\/span>,<\/span> MeitY<\/span> ordered the blocking of these T<\/span>witter accounts and tweets under section 60A of the IT Act.

<\/span>According to government sources, MeitY<\/span>'s actions <\/span>came after <\/span>the Ministry of Home Affairs and law enforcement<\/a> agencies flagged the tweets <\/span>to prevent any escalation of law and order situation <\/span>in view of the on-going farmer agitation.

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Twitter块一些账户,“挑衅”推下MeitY方向

人说,自从煽动种族灭绝是一个严重威胁公共秩序,MeitY下令封锁这些Twitter账户和推下60节的行为。

辛格Anandita Mankotia

更新于2021年2月1日07:24点坚持

新德里消息:推特阻止了大约250的url (推特账户和tweet),使用# ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide,后的部Electronics (MeitY)标记的tweet美国社交媒体专业。

“执法周六机构注意到这些挑衅的tweet, 1月30日,这是立即带到MeitY然后采取行动的关注,”一个知情人士透露告诉等。

的人说,自从煽动种族灭绝是一个严重威胁公共秩序,MeitY下令封锁Twitter账户和推下60节的行为。

根据政府来源,MeitY的行动来了后民政和执法机构标记的微博以防止任何升级的法律和秩序情况针对正在进行的农民风潮。