Twitter may face legal action over offensive content

The government has warned popular micro-blogging site Twitter of legal action, after the latter failed to co-operate with its attempts to remove webpages carrying offensive content targeting those from the northeast, Times of India reports. The report further adds that the government received a rather delayed response from Twitter, and this is partly attributed to the fact that the company does not have its offices in the country. Reportedly, another interesting move is that the country has approached the US Department of Homeland Security to trace the origin of the inflammatory content that found its way online.Click here for full story