Amidst the continued turmoil in Manipur, a stunning video surfaced on social media platforms the place two ladies have been forcefully stripped and paraded bare by a mob. The federal government has now requested Twitter, and different social media platforms to take down that video because the matter is beneath investigation, ANI reported.
The Manipur video sparked outrage and condemnation on social media platforms and there have been requires decisive motion to be taken towards the wrongdoers. Bollywood actors like Akshay Kumar, Richa Chadha, Urmila Matondkar, Vir Das and Renuka Sahane have reacted too and expressed their issues in regards to the incident within the northeastern state. The state has been racked with clashes between two ethnic teams just lately.
Akshay Kumar wrote on Twitter, “Shaken, disgusted to see the video of violence towards ladies in Manipur. I hope the culprits get such a harsh punishment that nobody ever thinks of doing a horrifying factor like this once more.”
Residents of the BJP-ruled state have been asking sports activities personalities and actors to lift their voices towards the turmoil within the state, and this latest incident has drawn a response from a few of them.
Actress Renuka Sahane wrote on Twitter, “Is there nobody to cease the atrocities in Manipur? In case you are not shaken to the core by that disturbing video of two ladies, is it even proper to name oneself human, not to mention Bharatiya or Indian!”
Twitter beneath scanner
This isn’t the primary time the Heart has requested Twitter and different social media platforms to take away delicate content material. In June, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed that the Indian authorities threatened to close down the microblogging platform and raid the homes of its staff if it didn’t take away a number of accounts and tweets linked with 2020’s farmer protests.
In a befitting reply, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Data Know-how Rajeev Chandrasekhar mentioned in a tweet, “Nobody went to jail nor was Twitter ‘shut down’. Dorsey’s Twitter regime had an issue accepting the sovereignty of Indian legislation,” and the minister mentioned that Dorsey’s claims have been an “outright lie”.
