Union Minister of State for Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday strongly condemned the use of wrong map of India by WhatsApp in a video posted on Twitter.
The minister asked the instant messaging platform to fix the map and said all platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India must use correct maps.
Chandrasekhar pointed out a video on 24-hour New Year’s Eve live stream tweeted by WhatsApp’s official handle in which parts of Jammu and Kashmir was removed from the map in its video.
“Dear @WhatsApp – Rqst that u pls fix the India map error asap. All platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India, must use correct maps,” the minister tweeted.
Dear @WhatsApp – Rqst that u pls fix the India map error asap.All platforms that do business in India and/or want to continue to do business in India , must use correct maps. @GoI_MeitY @metaindia https://t.co/aGnblNDctK
— Rajeev Chandrasekhar ???????? (@Rajeev_GoI) December 31, 2022
However, the platform later apologised and took down the tweet.
Thank you Minister for pointing out the unintended error; we have promptly removed the stream, apologies. We will be mindful in the future.— WhatsApp (@WhatsApp) December 31, 2022
Earlier this week, Chandrasekhar has called out Zoom CEO Eric Yuan for using the incorrect map. Yuan later took down the tweet and wrote, “I recently took down a tweet that many of you had pointed out had issues with the map. Thank you for the feedback!!”
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