Minister of State Meenakashi Lekhi Labels Twitter as a Manipulated Medium Following Jack Dorseys Pressure Remark
Union Minister for state external Affairs Meenakshi Lekhi (Photo:ANI) Reacting to the former Twitter Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey’s Indian “government pressure” remark, Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs Meenakashi Lekhi on Tuesday called the microblogging site a “manipulated medium.” She urged Twitter CEO Elon Musk to open the files of Twitter India and the government of India to check the shareholding of the company. Reacting to Dorsey’s claim that the Indian government had put pressure on the microblogging platform to block accounts during the farmers’ protests, Meenakashi Lekhi said, “Twitter is a manipulated medium. All I can say is that Elon Musk as a new owner of Twitter has opened some files which are called Twitter files US and lot many things which are illegal, unethical have been found which were being practiced by the then chief and the company which he recently took over.” Speaking to ANI, Lekhi said, “I am requesting Elon Musk to open ...