Twitter deletes Amit Shah’s profile picture citing copyright violation; restored later

Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s profile picture on Twitter was deleted by the micro-blogging site Twitter on Thursday, in response to a “report from the copyright holder”, news agency ANI reported.

Amit Shah's verified account showed a blank page with the message "This image has been removed in response to a report from the copyright holder.”

The image was restored after a while. There were no other details available from Twitter. Twitter`s copyright policy states: “In general, the photographer and NOT the subject of a photograph is the actual rights holder of the resulting photograph."

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Twitter had recently also removed the display picture on the official Twitter handle of BCCI, also citing copyright violation.

(With inputs from agencies)