After extricating Leh's geotag from 'China', Twitter glosses over Article 370's abrogation

Microblogging site Twitter on Monday said that teams have worked swiftly to investigate and resolve geotag issue, a day after it landed in a controversy as location tag in a live broadcast showed Jammu and Kashmir as a part of China. National Security Analyst Nitin Gokhale who brought lapse to Twitter's attention on Tuesday said, "You (Twitter) are still getting it wrong."

'You are still getting it wrong'

Nitin Gokhale shared a screenshot and wrote in a tweet that Leh airport is shown in Jammu and Kashmir. "See my live broadcast. Leh for your information is in Union Territory of Ladakh. Or is it your case that reorganisation done last year is illegal? See attached screenshot," he said.

"We became aware of this technical issue on Sunday and understand and respect sensitivities around it. Teams have worked swiftly to investigate and resolve concerned geotag issue," said Pallavi Walia, Policy Communications, Twitter India in a statement. Gokhale said that he would have liked an "apology/ackwledgement" that it was a mistake.

On Sunday, Nitin Gokhale who was live on Twitter near Leh airport ticed that his location was displaying as 'Jammu and Kashmir, People's Republic of China'. This amaly was raised by Observer Research Foundation (ORF) chairman Kanchan Gupta to Twitter India, stating that it was t an 'isolated incident', but that several netizens who were logging online faced same issue.

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'But US Big Tech is above law?'

Taking to Twitter, Gokhale narrated, "This morning, I was live on Twitter along with Rohit Pandita to apprise people of my journey to Ladakh from Himachal Pradesh via a new road. After we finished our broadcast, to our horror, we found that location we had put of our location of War Memorial, Hall of Fame - a famous landmark in Leh came as Jammu and Kashmir, People's Republic of China. I apprised Twitter by tagging m, expecting m to take action, but except for anger from people of India, thing happened."

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