Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
A Jodhpur court has directed the police to register an FIR against Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for allegedly "hurting sentiments" of the Brahmin community.
The metropolitan magistrate's court allowed the petition moved by a right-wing group and also asked police to begin an investigation.
Earlier on November 22, vice-president of the Vipra Foundation's youth win Rajkumar Sharma had moved the petition against Dorsey for allegedly "hurting sentiments" of the Brahmin community on the microblogging platform.
Dorsey had posted a picture on his Twitter account, where he is posing with a poster carrying a message: 'Smash Bahminical Patriarchy', said petitioner's counsel, H M Saraswat.
"We had moved this petition under Sections 295 A, 500, 120 B and other appropriate sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) for registration of case against Dorsey," Saraswat said, adding that the court had allowed the petition and directed the police to register the FIR and begin investigation.
Some Twitter users accused Dorsey of "bigotry" and "racism" after the poster went viral.
In a tweet, Twitter later apologised over the row and stressed on its public commitment to being apolitical.
"I'm very sorry for this. It's not reflective of our views. We took a private photo with a gift just given to us -- we should have been more thoughtful," Vijaya Gadde, Global Head of Legal, Policy, Trust and Safety Lead at Twitter, tweeted late Monday.
"Twitter strives to be an impartial platform for all. We failed to do that here & we must do better to serve our customers in India," she added.
(With PTI inputs)
