Twitter submits written apology for ‘Ladakh in China’ blunder


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Social media giant Twitter has apologised to a parliamentary committee for wrong geo-tagging of India’s map and showing Ladakh as part of China. Twitter has promised to correct the error by the month-end. The committee’s chairperson Meenakshi Lekhi said on Wednesday that the Twitter’s submitted an affidavit signed by Damien Karien, Chief Privacy Officer of Twitter Inc. The Joint Committee of Parliament on Data Protection Bill had slammed Twitter for showing Ladakh as part of China, saying it amounted to treason and had sought an explanation by the US-based parent of the social media platform in form of an affidavit....