Early Times Report
Jammu, May 10: Shortly after the official Twitter account of Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (@officeoflgjandk) was suspended by the micro-blogging platform, it has now been restored. A senior official in the Raj Bhavan, on the condition of anonymity, told Republic Media Network that it was a technical glitch from Twitter's end and has now been rectified. The Senior official in Raj Bhavan said, "It was a technical glitch from Twitter’s end that has been rectified now and the official Twitter handle of the office of Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory of Jammu.
Earlier, the official Twitter account of Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (@officeoflgjandk) was suspended by the micro-blogging platform. A senior official in the Raj Bhavan, on the condition of anonymity, had told Republic Media Network that this matter of account suspension has been taken up with the Twitter authorities and they have been informed that this is the official Twitter handle of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. "This might have happened due to some confusion but there was nothing that was shared by this Twitter handle violating the norms set by Twitter for operations in India. We are hopeful that this confusion will be cleared in a short while and the Twitter handle will be restored. We are also writing to Twitter to verify this Twitter handle,” the anonymous top source who spoke to Republic Media Network added, expressing the hope that it's just a glitch.
Earlier in August 2020, a fake Twitter handle in the name of J&K LG was found. At that time, the account was immediately suspended and Tahir Ashraf, SP, in charge, Cyber Police Kashmir had said assured that a thorough investigation would be done to determine the identities of the individuals, who allegedly attempted to impersonate Manoj Sinha. This account (@officeoflgjandk), however, though not blue-ticked, is the official handle of the J&K L-G. |
