Twitter Requested to Remove Video of Women Being Forced to Parade Naked in Manipur
ANI reported that in the midst of the ongoing unrest in Manipur, a disturbing video has emerged on various social media platforms, depicting a mob forcibly stripping and publicly parading two women. In response, the government has requested Twitter and other social media platforms to remove the video, as it is currently being investigated.
The Manipur video sparked outrage and condemnation on social media platforms and calls for decisive action against the wrongdoers. Bollywood actors like Akshay Kumar, Richa Chadha, Urmila Matondkar, Vir Das and Renuka Sahane have also reacted and expressed their concern over the incident in the northeastern state. The state has recently seen clashes between two ethnic groups.
Akshay Kumar wrote on Twitter: “Disturbed, disgusted to see the video of violence against women in Manipur. I hope the culprits are punished so severely that no one ever thinks of doing such a horrible thing again.”
Citizens of the BJP-ruled state have been asking sportspersons and activists to raise their voice against the turmoil in the state and this recent incident has prompted some of them to react.
Actress Renuka Sahane tweeted, “Is there no one to stop the atrocities in Manipur? If you are not shocked to your core by that disturbing video of two women, is it right to even call yourself a human, let alone a Bharatiya or an Indian!”
Twitter under the scanner
This is not the first time that the Center has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to remove sensitive content. In June, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey claimed that the Indian government threatened to shut down the microblogging platform and raid the homes of its employees if it did not remove several accounts and tweets related to the 2020s farmers’ protests.
In a fitting response, Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a tweet: “No one went to jail and Twitter was ‘shut down’. Dorsey’s Twitter management had a problem accepting the sovereignty of Indian law,” and the minister said Dorsey’s claims were “blatantly false.”
