Published 22:13 IST, November 19th 2018

Hate posters, promoting hate by Twitter is not acceptable

The offensive photo of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey holding the poster saying 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' is an affront to the people of India. A community has been picked up for hatemongering, for pushing hateful thoughts, institutionalising hatred on a public platform and for getting duly endorsed by the CEO of that public platform.

Reported by: Mohandas Pai
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offensive photo of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey holding poster saying 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' is an affront to people of India. A community has been picked up for hatemongering, for pushing hateful thoughts, institutionalising hatred on a public platform and for getting duly endorsed by CEO of that public platform.

It's unpardonable and all people in room are guilty of hatemongering. It appears that staff of Twitter India never applied ir minds and have a juvenile approach to a public platform -- as evidenced by subsequent juvenile tweets offering justification -- which is unfounded and which furr complicates matters and shows that CEO Jack was misled by his own people.

We call upon CEO Jack to take action against staff responsible for tweet and issue an unqualified apology to public.

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We also call upon government of India, especially Information and Brocasting Minister Col Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore to take action against Twitter for peddling hate against a community, using violent langu and attempting to incite communal hatred.

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poster is an indication of communal hatred of people who me it and by holding it, CEO of Twitter is seen to have endorsed it, which is unfortunate.

This is a very serious matter and in case Twitter doesn't take action against staff and issues an unqualified apology, government must take Twitter to court and take criminal action.

All of us respect Twitter for democratising media, for giving voice to millions of people who didn't have a voice and for first time in human history, creating a global network where people can express mselves. But free expression doesn't mean promoting hatemongering by Twitter or CEO of Twitter being party to such selective hatemongering.

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RE | Twitter Issues Statement After CEO Jack Dorsey Triggers Outr In India With 'Smash Brahminical Patriarchy' Placard

 

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21:59 IST, November 19th 2018