Twitter blocks Amul after 'Exit The Dragon?' topical about China; restores later

Even as India and China are holding Corps Commander-level talks on Saturday at Moldo, Twitter blocked social media p of Dairy giant Amul for a limited period on Saturday morning. Although p has been restored w, Twitter had blocked Amul allegedly for publishing a doodle against China. Amul in creative had written 'Exit dragon' in a reference to Chinese military entering Indian territory and in an obvious pun on Bruce Lee starrer movie 'Enter Dragon'. Amul girl in creative is seen pointing at Made in India products with her one hand and with or she stops Dragon, which is a symbol for China. Chinese company like TikTok is seen behind Dragon. doodle was captioned as 'About boycott of Chinese products..." in reference to rising trend in India to boycott foreign goods after PM Modi appealed for Aatmanirbhar Bharat.  Amul is kwn for its creatives on global and local topics that made headlines.  

Here is Amul doodle on Indo-China border dispute:

Here is screengrab at 6.43 when Twitter had blocked Amul

At time of publishing article, Corps-Commander level talks are going on to end standoff along LAC at Moldo. Sources said that Lieutenant General Harinder Singh, Commander of 14 Corps is holding talks with Major General Liu Lin, who is commander of South Xinjiang Military Region of China's People's Liberation Army. Ten or officers from both sides are also present. 

As per sources, both nations have tabled specific proposals to end standoff and a number of skirmishes that have taken place between army of both nations along LAC in past few days. This crucial meeting comes after a breakthrough has t been achieved despite nearly 10 rounds of talks between two sides.

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Sonam Wangchuk's appeal to boycott Chinese products

Engineer turned education reformer Sonam Wangchuk posted a mess on Twitter that went viral on platform — "Cheen ko Jawaab, Sena degi bullet se, Naagrik dengey wallet se (Answer to China will be given by soldiers with ir bullets and citizens with ir wallets)".

Speaking to Republic TV on Friday, Sonam Wangchuk said  Chinese actions on border with India are a result of domestic dissatisfaction over Chinese government's handling of COVID-19 crisis. He encourd people to drop use of Chinese softwares "within a week". Wangchuk went on to suggest that Indians need t depend on cheap Chinese products and look for domestic alternatives.

"We should uninstall all ir apps that make ir (Chinese) companies rich. That money goes to make bombs and bullets to point at our borders. So first uninstall ir apps. n we should vote out hardware like electronics, clos, and machines slowly over a year. This signal, first from India and n rest of world will hurt China which will affect ir ecomy," Wangchuk said.

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Remove China Apps and Mitro app removed from Google

Earlier, 'Remove China Apps' which gained massive popularity in India crossing over 5 million downloads since its release in May has been pulled down by Google Play Store on account of violating Google Play Store’s policies. 'Remove China Apps' developed by Jaipur based company-- OneTouchAppLabs detected apps made in China on users' phones and provided a simple UI to remove m. In less than two weeks, app had crossed one million downloads and was top free app available on Google PlayStore.

Moreover, Google also removed  Mitron app, a much-touted Indian alternative to TikTok, from its Play Store for reportedly violating its ‘spam and minimum functionality' policy. Mitron app emerged from where and crossed 5 million downloads within a month of its launch on Play Store but, later, reports emerged that app owner bought source code from a Pakistani company Qboxus and rebranded it as Mitron. 

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