Islamophobic # removed, Twitter tells HC

HYDERABAD: Twitter on Thursday said offensive hashtags spreading hatred against Islam and seeking to project Muslims as spreaders of coronavirus had been removed, reports

Sagar Kumar Mutha

. Appearing for Twitter in connection with a petition, Supreme Court senior counsel Sajan Poovayya told a bench of Chief Justice of Telangana HC Raghvendra Singh Chauhan and Justice

B Vijaysen Reddy

that they had complied with the norms and urged the court to grant them two weeks’ time to file their counter.

Advocate Khaja Aizajuddin

, who filed the PIL as a party in person, said hatemongers had created several hate-filled hashtags against Islam and Muslims and Twitter allowed them to trend for a long time till the high court issued notices to the social media giant and central government authorities