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Rahul Gandhi had lambasted Twitter for interfering in India's political processes A week after temporarily suspending Indian National Congress (INC) leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter handle, the social media major today went ahead and restored the account. Gandhi's Twitter account was temporarily suspended after the party leader had tweeted pictures of the family of a nine-year-old rape and murder victim from Northwest Delhi. Apart from Rahul Gandhi's account, other Congress handles have also been unlocked. NDTV quoted Rohan Gupta, the Congress in charge of social media accounts, saying that all Congress accounts have been unlocked, but Twitter gave no reason for the unlocking. With a proclamation "Satyameva Jayate" (or truth always prevails), the party has also made it known on social media that Twitter had followed the due diligence process of reviewing an appeal to protect the safety and privacy of the individuals affected. Rahul Gandhi's appeal and formal...

Several fictitious accounts that seemed to be part of a botnet were wrongfully verified. NEW DELHI — Twitter, the popular microblogging and social networking site, has paused its account verification programme, citing a need to improve the application and approval process that allows users to join the blue check mark club. According to The Verge , its decision to stop allowing new individuals to request for verification comes after the site revealed that numerous bogus accounts that seemed to be part of a botnet were erroneously validated. If you applied for verification recently, there's a possibility you'll receive it — Twitter Verified has stated that it will continue to assess existing applications, thus the freeze is just stopping new applicants from applying. Twitter verification process is coming back soon To put it another way, if you were able to apply previously, Twitter's CEO says you can still do so. The platform hasn't said if it would adjust the standard...