Netizens come down heavily on Twitter after it shows Leh as part of China

In a shocking incident, netizens lashed out at Twitter after it labelled Ladakh under China's territory during a live broadcast. incident was brought to light after Nitin A Gokhale decided to go live on Twitter from Hall of Fame in Leh.  location of Gokhale marked by Twitter read as - 'Jammu and Kashmir, People's Republic of China.' This did t just happen with his account; many netizens tried to go live from region, sharing screenshots of how Twitter was marking region as China's territory. 

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Netizens lashed out at Twitter, questioning wher a tech company was above law of land. Urging Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, netizens demanded strict action against micro-blogging site. 

This is t first time that Twitter has committed this 'mistake'. Back in 2016, Twitter was accused of showing erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir under Pakistan and China's territory. Centre had n come forward with a ‘ Geospatial Information Regulation Bill 2016’ which was later removed. "Whoever acquired any geospatial information of India in contravention of law shall be punished with a fine ranging from Rs 1 crore to Rs 100 crore and/ or imprisonment for a period upto seven years,”  draft bill read.

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