*SAN FRANCISCO: **In a positive development, Pakistan breaks Indianmonopoly over social media giant Twitter which was earlier suspendingPakistani accounts on Indian government allegations.*
*Pakistan and Twitter administration have reached an agreement over theissue of accounts’ suspension over echoing the voice of the people ofIndian occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IOJK).*
The agreement will make an end to the Indian monopoly on the social mediaplatform as the Twitter administration agreed for not unilaterallysuspending or terminating the accounts of Pakistani users in future.
National Information Technology Board (NITB) chief executive officerSabahat Ali Shah and Twitter high-level officials held talks over the movewhich is tantamount to suppressing the freedom of voice of Pakistanis justafter the illegal annexation of occupied Jammu and Kashmir on August 5.
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A detailed meeting was held between the NITB CEO and the higher officialsof the social media website in the United States which led to the agreementthat ended the unilateral blockage of accounts.
A large number of Twitter accounts were suspended by the website’sadministration just after Pakistanis expressed solidarity with innocentKashmiris.
The officials of the micro-blogging website agreed on the Pakistani stanceover the issue and changed procedure of the users’ accounts’ suspension.According to the agreement, the Twitter administration will contact thePakistani government in the case of any complaint instead of immediatelyshutting down the accounts.
