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Twitter users summoned for allegedly posting inflammatory content

The Indian government has sent legal notices to four Twitter account holders for allegedly posting inflammatory messages and hate content. These account holders have been asked to appear before a committee on September 10 at the office of the Computer Emergency Response Team. The government is also mulling lodging a case against people found guilty of provoking people through 'anti-social' messages on social networking websites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. “Notices have been sent to at least four people who have Twitter accounts. These people were sent notices as we are sure of their identities. They have been asked to explain their case before the committee,” LiveMint  quotes  a high-ranking official. “For the rest, we have written to Google and Facebook asking for details of accounts that hosted such anti-social information, and were blocked... Once we receive information from Google and Facebook, we will send notices to the rest of the people,” th...