Twitter’s action on Prashant Bhushan: The company called the tweet on the vaccine misleading; After a block of 12 hours, it was proved that IT and pharma companies are together

Prashant Bhushan has termed the action of Twitter as wrong. file photo

After Home Minister Amit Shah, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, Twitter has now taken action against social activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan. The microblogging site described Prashant Bhushan’s tweet on vaccination as misleading and blocked his account for 12 hours.

Which tweet of Prashant Bhushan got the missleading tag?
He had made a tweet at 6.20 pm on Monday. It was said that many people attacked me verbally because of my views on the Kovid vaccine. I am presenting some documents. It is for these reasons that I have confusion about the vaccine. In addition to the vaccine not being tested and its dire consequences, I am also concerned about my views being censored.

Twitter Informs Vaccine With Misleading Tack
Twitter not only put the missleading logo on Prashant Bhushan’s tweet, but also generated a link there. On clicking it, the information related to the vaccine comes in front of the user. It explains why health experts have declared the vaccine safe for most people.

Prashant Bhushan’s reaction after Twitter’s action
Twitter blocked Prashant Bhushan for 12 hours. After the block was opened, Prashant Bhushan tweeted another tweet at 10.42 am on Tuesday. In this he said, ‘So Twitter has called my tweet misleading. I told in that tweet with evidence why I have doubts about the vaccine. Even after this I was blocked for 12 hours. I had said earlier also that there is a tie-up between pharma and IT companies. Both carry a narrative. This has been proved by the action of Twitter.

When did Twitter take action?
1. Amit Shah: On 12 November 2020, the account of Home Minister Amit Shah was blocked. The company had argued behind this that the photo of himself that Shah has put in his account is copyright of some company.
2. Sambit Patra: On 21 May 2021, Twitter had described BJP’s national spokesperson Sambit Patra’s tweet on the tool kit as ‘manipulated media’. There was a lot of controversy on this at that time.
3. Ravi Shankar Prasad: On 25 June 2021, Twitter blocked the account of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad for 1 hour. It was then told that Ravi Shankar had violated the US law Digital Millennium Copyright Act.