The stormy relationship between Twitter and authoritarian government of India got a new episode today. On its map of the country's regions, the blue bird company marked the regions of Jammu and Kashmir, as well as the Buddhist region of Ladakh, as non-Indian.

Jammu and Kashmir are predominantly Muslim and are regions that form a union state that is disputed between the Hindu-majority country and Pakistan, which has an Islamic majority. Ladakh belongs to the Himalayan territory, a region that India disputes control over with China.

This exclusion of territories with political conflicts from the map of India generated the anger of nationalist groups, among them the Bajrang Dal. right-wing Hindu nationalist movement. Its leader, Praveen Bhati, filed a complaint about the incident with the police district of the state of Uttar Pradesh (to which the conflict-ridden regions belong). Praveen also stated in the complaint that the act constitutes treason against the people of India.

The complaint was filed against Twitter CEO Manish Maheshwari for failing to comply with a national law to prevent actions that cause enmity or hatred between classes in India. Once the complaint is investigated by the police, an investigation could be launched against the US company, which is already in hot water over its relationship with the Indian government.

Other conflicts

This is not the first investigation Manish Maheshwari has faced for inappropriate practices by the social network in India. The Indian CEO has already had to reply for a video that circulated on local Twitter that allegedly contained content that incited religious intolerance. However, this is just the tip of an even larger iceberg.

Since late last year, Twitter has been at odds with Modi's authoritarian government. The tension began with the farmers' strike in the country. At the time, Modi demanded that Twitter block a hashtag used by activists against his government and also demanded that the accounts of influential people linked to him be removed. left-wing parties were blocked. The social network refused to block journalists and the hashtag claiming freedom of information (but gave in in other cases).

Since then, the relationship between the two entities began to become increasingly conflictual, with app ban from the Indian government's Twitter and other recent episodes. You can check out some of the history of conflicts here.

Through which channels you reach those people, classic and out of the box. Reuters

Image: Yury Taranik/Shutterstock