Published 20:34 IST, October 19th 2020

Twitter terms displaying Leh in 'J&K, People's Republic Of China' as 'technical issue'

A day after Twitter displayed Jammu-Kashmir's Leh as part of 'People's Republic of China', the micro-blogging site on Monday claimed that it was technical issue

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A day after Twitter displayed Jammu-Kashmir's Leh as part of 'People's Republic of China', micro-blogging site on Monday claimed that it was due to a 'technical issue'. Twitter's spokesperson said that y were aware of sensitivities around issue of Kashmir. It stated that teams are investigating to resolve concerned geo-tagging issue.

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On Sunday, social media giant came under fire again for displaying Jammu-Kashmir's Leh as a part of 'People's Republic of China'. National Security Analyst 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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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."

He added, "We tried again by doing an experimental live with a different broadcast, but again same results came up. Even w if you go live in areas near Leh airport, Leh's Hall of fame, it shows as 'J&K, People's Republic of China'. I do t kw why this is happening, but it is my duty to inform you about it." This shockingly unpardonable development comes after 7th level of military commander talks between India and China at Line of Actual Control (LAC) over 'de-escalation and disengment', along with return to status quo at border.

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20:34 IST, October 19th 2020