Twitter facing technical difficulties in blocking offensive webpages

Twitter has informed the Department of Electronics and Information Technology that it's facing technical difficulties in blocking few web pages containing morphed and inflammatory images – there are about 28 such web pages, according to reports. The government, however, maintains its stand that Twitter will have to remove the offensive web pages or will have to face punitive action. Twitter is now seeking time to adhere to the task of blocking pages with offensive content. Reports now suggest that government officials are viewing this move by the popular microblog as a time buying ploy. The government wants Twitter to respond in clear terms, whether it would block the web pages or not, and here they re-iterated on the fact that if Twitter failed to block the web pages, it would have to

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