The Twitter account of the IT Minister has been restored. In such accounts, usually Twitter limits automated actions. However, the problem with this theory is that the minister’s account is a verified account, and also the one that can be called high-profile. It is possible that the Twitter account of the law minister was targeted in the same way by some users. This is the reason why many Twitter accounts are suspended in India on a daily basis, after a large number of people - often in a coordinated attempt in troll-like behaviour - report a tweet or an account as “violation of rules”. Most of the time, the content moderation and related activities on websites like Twitter and Facebook happen automatically, with AI driven algorithms. It is a possibility but chances of it happening are slim. Is it possible that RS Prasad’s Twitter account was locked by algorithms? Either the DMCA appeal was so stark that Twitter decided to simply act on it, or someone somewhere in the Twitter’s DMCA enforcement team made an error. However, it seems there is something clearly amiss in the case of the Twitter account belonging to IT and Law Minister RS Prasad. The tweet in question had a soundtrack - Rasputin - from Boney M. For example, just hours after the minister tweeted about what happened with his account, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor also said that one of his tweets was deleted by Twitter to comply with a DMCA notice. But people making DMCA appeals and tech companies taking actions on them are routine in the world of tech and social media. What happened in the case of Twitter account of the IT minister? In many cases users are not even aware that they are infringing on someone's copyright by forwarding or retweeting a viral clip that has a kid dancing on a popular song. The funny part is that not all violations are intentional. Twitter finds that it is a copyright violation and takes action against User B. She sends a DMCA notice to Twitter highlighting the tweet made by User B. She sees on Twitter that User B has posted a video clip with one of her clips as background music. Option is also given to the user whose tweet or account has been affected to appeal against the DMCA notice. In case Twitter acts against a user for DMCA violation, according to the company, it will also inform the user about it and the action it is taking. This action can be in favour of the account reported, or in favour of the person or entity that has sent the DMCA notice. It means that when Twitter gets a DMCA notice about a tweet or account, it will take action on it. Note that not all unauthorized uses of copyrighted materials are infringements (see our fair use article for more information).” What does this mean? Twitter will respond to reports of alleged copyright infringement, such as allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted image as a profile or header photo, allegations concerning the unauthorized use of a copyrighted video or image uploaded through our media hosting services, or Tweets containing links to allegedly infringing materials.
Section 512 of the DMCA outlines the statutory requirements necessary for formally reporting copyright infringement, as well as providing instructions on how an affected party can appeal a removal by submitting a compliant counter-notice Let us quote from there: “Twitter responds to copyright complaints submitted under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”). Twitter explains this well enough on its website. In a way DMCA is sort of go to law for almost all of the internet because over two decades ago when the How Twitter uses DMCA? The Digital Millennium Copyright Act “criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works (commonly known as digital rights management or DRM).” The DMCA is one of the old laws protecting intellectual property and copyright belonging to a person or an organisation. So, what is DMCA? We take a look at the controversial law that Twitter and a horde of online platforms cite to suspend and ban accounts. Twitter, however, apparently locked Prasad’s account because it violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the USA that the company adheres to for its own copyright policy. Prasad said Twitter violated India’s new IT rules.
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