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Micro-blogging website Twitter has flagged a tweet by BJP national spokesperson Sambit Patra alleging the use of a toolkit by Congress as manipulated media.

The May 18 tweet includes pictures of a document that, according to Mr. Patra, enlists social media measures used by the Congress to hurt Prime Minister Narendra Modis image during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A screenshot of Sambit Patra's tweet tagged as 'manipulated media.'

Friends look at the #CongressToolKit in extending help to the needy during the Pandemic! More of a PR exercise with the help of Friendly Journalists & Influencers than a soulful endeavour, the tweet by Mr. Patra said.

As per Twitters policy, content may be labelled as manipulated media or, in some cases, removed if the company has a reason to believe that media, or the context in which media are presented, are significantly and deceptively altered or manipulated.

To access such media, the company looks at whether editing has been done in a manner that fundamentally alters the content composition, shared in a deceptive manner and is likely to impact public safety or cause harm.

...We may label tweets containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand the medias authenticity and to provide additional context, Twitter had said earlier while announcing its manipulated media policy.

The Congress, which has alleged that the documents used by Mr. Patra are fake, on Thursday wrote to Twitter to remove tweets by BJP leaders on the issue.

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Twitter flags Sambit Patras tweet on Congress toolkit as manipulated media - The Hindu