The microblogging platform Twitter got into controversy on Friday a union minister and a deputy “locked out” and denied them access to their accounts on the grounds of violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
To be the first The Union’s IT minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad., Was denied access to his account, who claimed Twitter banned him from his account for nearly an hour on the grounds that it was in a “violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.”
That was enough for the Union minister in the past called on the social media giant for not following the new IT rulesto launch another attack, calling the action “arbitrary” by Twitter.
While the news that Ravi Shankar Prasad had been denied access to his account continued to fall, Congressman Shashi Tharoor also expressed concern, saying, The same thing happened to him because of a copyright problem.
The Thiruvananthapuram MP, who is also chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on information technology, said he would seek a statement from Twitter India for the brief suspension of his and Ravi Shankar Prasad’s accounts.
Everything that happened
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad denied access to his account
The Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology and Communications, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said on Friday that Twitter denied access to his account for almost an hour allegedly “justifying a violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act”.
The microblogging site then allowed him access to the account, he added.
On the Indian microblogging platform Koo, Ravi Shankar Prasad wrote: “Friends! Something very strange happened today. Twitter denied access to my account for almost an hour in alleged violation of US Digital Millennium copyright law, and then they allowed me to access the account. “
Friends! Something very strange happened today. Twitter denied access to my account for almost an hour in alleged violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act and then allowed me to access the account. pic.twitter.com/WspPmor9Su
– Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 25, 2021
After Ravi Shankar Prasad gained access to his Twitter account, Ravi Shankar Prasad said that Twitter’s actions grossly violated Rule 4 (8) of the Rules for Information Technology (Broker Guidelines and Code of Ethics for Digital Media) 2021, “where they did me before have given me no prior notice denying access to my own account. “
Ravi Shankar Prasad hits on Twitter
Annoyed that he was denied access to his account in what he described as a “gross violation” of the IT Rules 2021, Ravi Shankar Prasad said: “Twitter’s actions “indicate that they are not the harbinger of freedom of expression” that they claim they are but are only interested in pursuing their own agenda, with the threat that they will arbitrarily remove you from their platform if you don’t draw the line they are drawing. “
In an attack on the microblogging site for non-compliance with the social media rules, the Union minister said: “No matter which platforms they do, they must fully comply with the new IT rules and there must be no compromises.”
Regardless of the platform, you have to fully adhere to the new IT rules and there must be no compromises.
– Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 25, 2021
Twitter accepts the restriction on Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account, saying it was done because of copyright issues
Hours after Ravi Shankar Prasad said Twitter blocked him from accessing his own account, Twitter confirmed that it had restricted the minister.
In a statement, Twitter said, “We can confirm that the Minister’s account access has only been temporarily restricted due to a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice and the aforementioned tweet has been withheld.”
To explain the reasons for Ravi Shankar Prasad’s restriction, Twitter said, “In accordance with our Copyright Policy, we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorized agents.”
Shashi Tharoor also refused access to his account. Twice.
The same thing happened to me, too, said Congress Chairman Shashi Tharoor, shortly after Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed he was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour.
Shashi Tharoor of Congress took to Twitter and said, “Raviji, the same thing just happened to me. DMCA is clearly going hyperactive. This tweet was deleted by @Twitter because its video contains the copyrighted BoneyM song Rasputin.”
Shashi Tharoor, who also chairs the Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology, said he would seek a statement from Twitter India for the brief suspension of his and Ravi Shankar Prasad’s accounts.
It didn’t end here. Shashi Tharoor was apparently, just a short time after the episode above, Denied access to his account again for sharing a copyrighted video with the tweet he posted explaining the problem.
And @Twitter locked me out again because the first tweet on this thread explaining the problem had the offensive copyrighted video. Locking is a foolish response to a DCMA notification; disabling the video (which you did now) should suffice. @Twitter has a lot to learn.
– Shashi Tharoor (hasShashiTharoor) June 25, 2021
Twitter ended the action as a “foolish reaction” to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DCMA) Shashi Tharoor said the microblogging site may have simply disabled the video.
Sony Music complained against Ravi Shankar Prasad on Twitter for alleged copyright infringement
The complaint against Ravi Shankar Prasad of alleged copyright infringement sent to Twitter read: broadcast on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
India Today TV has accessed a copy of this compliance. It was sent on 05/24/2021.
This complaint apparently caused it Twitter prevented Ravi Shankar Prasad from accessing his account on Friday for almost an hour, citing copyright issues.
IFPI had reached out to Twitter on behalf of Sony Music Entertainment about an alleged copyright infringement allegedly sharing AR Rahman’s popular number “Maa Tujhe Salaam”.
Following the notification, Twitter removed Ravi Shankar Prasad’s tweet. The communication from IPFI to Twitter has been classified as a “DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) Notice”. DMCA is a United States copyright law.
What is DMCA
Both Ravi Shankar Prasad and Shashi Tharoor’s Twitter accounts have been banned because they Violate the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) which the company adheres to for its own copyright policy.
The DMCA, which Twitter and many other online platforms cite for banning and banning accounts, is one of the ancient laws protecting the intellectual property and copyright of any person or organization.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act “criminalizes the production and distribution of any technology, device, or service that criminalizes measures to circumvent measures to control access to copyrighted works.” [commonly known as digital rights management or DRM]. “
In simpler terms, DMCA is like a law for almost all of the internet because over two decades ago when the WWW began to take over the world, there wasn’t a single framework that could be used to manage the copyright on it. The problem was even more acute because of the global and limitless nature of the Internet.
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