Indian parliamentary panel slams Twitter in China map dispute

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The mind of an Indian parliamentary panel detained Twitter of disrespecting New Delhi's sovereignty on Wednesday, after mapping data revealed Indian-ruled land as part of China in the social media said was a fast resolved error.

Twitter executives appeared before the Joint Committee on the Personal Data Protection Bill to describe the mistake that came to light last week and which the company said had since been resolved.

But committee chairwoman Meenakshi Lekhi, a lawmaker in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, told journalists at our partner news agency that the committee was unanimous that Twitter's explanation was inadequate.

It is matter of Indian sovereignty and integrity," she said.

"Showing Ladakh as part of China amounts to a criminal offence."

India and China, which fought a brief but bloody border war in 1962, are currently locked in a military stand-off as well as their contested Himalayan border that includes the area of Ladakh in question.

When some people tagged their posts as being in Ladakh, Twitter showed it to be in China.

The land is claimed in full by arch-rivals India and Pakistan, while China claims a portion in the east called the Aksai Chin.

"The recent geo-tagging issue was swiftly resolved by our teams," said a Twitter spokeswoman in reaction to Lekhi's remarks.

"We are committed to openness, transparency around our work and will remain in regular touch with the government to share timely updates."

The team at Platform Executive hope you have enjoyed this news article. Initial reporting via our official content partners at Thomson Reuters. Reporting by Nigam Prusty and Alasdair Pal in New Delhi. Editing by Nick Macfie.

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