Centre Orders Twitter, Other Platforms To Remove Manipur Women Paraded Naked Video

The government has issued an order to Twitter and other social media platforms, instructing them not to share the viral video of the two Manipuri women being paraded nude as the matter is currently under investigation

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Updated on: 20 July 2023 4:55 am

Centre orders Twitter to take down Manipur woman paraded naked video

After a horrific video from May 4 surfaced on Wednesday, showing?two women being paraded naked in Manipur, the Centre has issued a notice to Twitter and other social media platforms, instructing them not to share the viral video which has sparked widespread condemnation. Hours after the video went viral, Manipur police issued a statement?saying that?a case of abduction, gang rape and murder has been registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district against "unknown armed miscreants."

According to sources, the government has issued an order to Twitter and other social media platforms, instructing them not to share the viral video of the two Manipuri women being paraded nude. "It is imperative for social media platforms to adhere to Indian laws as the matter is currently under investigation," sources reportedly said.?

The government has issued an order to Twitter and other social media platforms, instructing them not to share the viral video of the two Manipuri women being paraded nude. It is imperative for social media platforms to adhere to Indian laws as the matter is currently under…
— ANI (@ANI) July 20, 2023

Political parties strongly condemned the incident and sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement on the continuing ethnic violence in Manipur since May 3. As the Centre urged social media platforms to refrain from sharing the viral video, Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that such a move shows "the level of desperation and inability of the government to contain violence or fake news."

Asking social media to follow Indian laws while allowing the CM to continue getting away from doing so shows the level of desperation& inability of the government to contain violence or fake news. Remember it was a fake news that led to this horrific, inhuman act against the…
— Priyanka Chaturvedi???? (@priyankac19) July 20, 2023

As the Monsoon Session of the Parliament begins today, opposition parties have been demanding that?Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak about the ethnic violence-hit state in Parliament and tell the nation what happened. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said the government was ready for a discussion on the situation in Manipur during the Monsoon Session of Parliament, but termed a "caveat for disruption" the opposition's demand for a statement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue.