New Delhi: Creating a flutter among its own users, popular social media platform Twitter on Thursday made a fauxpas in its location-tagging service that showed Jammu as part of Pakistan and J&K as being in China.
When contacted, a Twitter spokesperson did not give any immediate comment.
However, sources in the company said the problem has been identified and it would be resolved soon.
External Affairs Ministry said the goof-up by Twitter will be taken up with the micro-blogging site. "I am sure this will be taken up," Spokesperson in the MEA Vikas Swarup told reporters.
While posting a new tweet, Twitter gives an option to the user to tag his or her location, wherein the microblogging site was today found to be showing Jammu as being part of Pakistan.
Besides, a user seeking to tag Jammu and Kashmir as a location was being shown the option of this place being in 'People's Republic of China'.
A number of Twitter users criticised Twitter for the goof-up, with some terming it being biased against India.
What's wrong with @TwitterIndia ????
— BhaskarGanekar (@BhaskarGanekar) February 18, 2016
India's Jammu & Kashmir showing in #Pakistan & #China #Pathetic pic.twitter.com/BD4S9ucS8P
.@Twitter has made a blunder as the site is showing the region of J&K as parts of Pakistan and China.... https://t.co/dlIrnIYQuh
— Rahul Jain (@rahuljaen) February 18, 2016
@TwitterIndia Bad thing about Twitter is showing #Indian locations Jammu in Pakistan and China.
— SRINATH (@isrinathv) February 17, 2016
how come jammu and J&K in Pakistan and Chine @TwitterIndia really. pic.twitter.com/2pd8xmceVR
— Anil Agrawat (@HariyaneKaChora) February 17, 2016
