Congress says Twitter has locked its account; company defends decision

Twitter says Congress handle and those of many others flouted its rules on protecting identity of sexual assault victim.

Almost a week after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account was locked by the microblogging platform, the account of his political party was also locked on Thursday. Twitter said action was taken for violation of its rules that disallow the identity of a rape victim to be revealed.

Locking the account prevents account owners from tweeting, but the profiles remain visible and accessible to them and their followers. 

“We have taken proactive action on several hundred tweets that posted an image that violated our rules, and may continue to do so in line with our range of enforcement options. Certain