Twitter, a micro-blogging site, recently restricted the official handle of Indian dairy major Amul over its ‘exit the dragon’ topical, days ahead of the much-anticipated high-level India-China talks to resolve the Ladakh border dispute.
However, Twitter later restored Amul’s account.
According to some reports, Twitter had blocked Amul’s account for allegedly putting out the post against China. The post said ‘Exit the Dragon’ in a reference to the Chinese military entering Indian territory.
In the topical, the Amul girl is seen in a confrontation with the dragon, behind which the logo of Chinese video-sharing application TikTok can also be seen.
“Amul’s twitter account @amul_coop was temporarily deactivated on the late night of 4th June after our Amul Topical on “Boycott of Chinese Products” with the copy “Exit the Dragon?” on 3rd June 2020. This happened without prior intimation to us”, said Amul in a statement.
“On the morning of 5th June, we complied with the process to reactivate our account and we were live. Our followers were not able to see the above mentioned topical on due to deactivation and they came out in support of Amul and were upset with this behaviour of Twitter”, said Amul.
“We have taken it up with Twitter to know the reasons for their action. Amul Topical started in 1966 and since then 1st topical has been an observer of events/moments local, national and international. Our Amul Moppet which features in our Amul Topical has reported these various events which have an impact on the lives of people,” said Amul asking for an explanation from Twitter for briefly blocking its account.
