IT Minister says Twitter blocked his account in violation of IT rule

Under the rule social media platforms like Twitter are obliged to serve a notification to the user explaining reason for action before removing account or disabling access

The Twitter vs Centre stand-off was reignited on Friday, when Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was not allowed access to his account for an hour. Prasad, the IT minister, said Twitter blocked his account temporarily citing violation of the new IT Rules notified by his ministry.   

“Friends! Something highly peculiar happened today. Twitter denied access to my account for almost an hour on the alleged ground that there was a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA, and subsequently allowed me to access the account,” Prasad tweeted.

The temporary blocking was in response to a copyright issue in