Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on the Koo app on Friday said that Twitter denied him access to his account for almost an hour on the alleged grounds that there was a “violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA” The same thing happened to me too, said Congress leader Shashi Tharoor moments after Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad claimed he was denied access to his Twitter account for almost an hour.
Moments later, Congress’s Shashi Tharoor took to Twitter and said: “Raviji, the same thing just happened to me. Clearly, DMCA is getting hyperactive. This tweet has been deleted by @Twitter because its video includes the copyrighted BoneyM song, Rasputin.”
Shashi Tharoor, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, said that he will be seeking an explanation from Twitter India over the brief locking of his and Ravi Shankar Prasad’s account.
“As Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, I can state that we will be seeking an explanation from @TwitterIndiafor the locking of @rsprasad’s & my accounts & the rules & procedures they follow while operating in India,” Tharoor said in the tweet.
Raviji, the same thing just happened to me. Clearly DMCA is getting hyperactive. This tweet has been deleted by @Twitter because its video includes the copyrighted BoneyM song"Rasputin": https://t.co/ClgP2OKV1o #DanceIsNotJihad pic.twitter.com/IqQD50WhaU
— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) June 25, 2021
After process, a/c unlocked. https://t.co/TCeT8aGxV6
Both Ravi Shankar Prasad and Shashi Tharoor’s accounts were locked as they violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA that the company adheres to for its own copyright policy.
The DMCA, which Twitter and many other online platforms cite to suspend and bank accounts, is one of the old laws protecting intellectual property and copyright belonging to a person or an organisation.
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act “criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works [commonly known as digital rights management or DRM].”
