Indian Opposition Leader Flags Twitter for Unfollowing his Followers Automatically, Seeks Inquiry

© REUTERS / DADO RUVICThe Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this 26 November 2019 illustration.
The Twitter logo and binary cyber codes are seen in this 26 November 2019 illustration. - Sputnik International
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New Delhi (Sputnik): Twitter is under fire again in India for its inscrutable censorship policies. The micro-blogging site has already come under fire in India for not responding adequately when users issue rape and death threats.

 Manish Tewari, a lawyer and representative of the Anandpur Sahib constituency in Punjab who leads Congress, India's opposition party, has called out Twitter for unfollowing his followers automatically.

In a Tweet on Wednesday morning, Tewari said Twitter is automatically making people unfollow him.

Tewari is speculating whether Twitter users are being removed from his follower list automatically; one of his followers tagged him in a tweet and said that he had to re-follow him for the second time this month.

​Following Tewari's statement, his followers are bashing the micro-blogging site for not being fair and transparent in its processes and often working at the behest of the government.

​However, Twitter has not released any statement regarding the matter so far.

According to last month's media reports, the micro-blogging site removed accounts it accused of "suspicious activity". This had resulted in the official handle of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi losing 140,635 accounts.

Twitter has also come under fire for its lack of transparency in providing blue ticks to the Twitter accounts. Indian Twitterati have alleged that the site is casteist in its recognition of official accounts and doesn't have any fixed protocol.

The site has been often accused of not taking action against accounts issuing rape and murder threats against women.

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