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New Delhi: The Parliamentary panel on Information Technology has summoned Twitter head Jack Dorsey to appear before it on February 25 and refused to meet "junior officials" of the microblogging site during its meeting on Monday.
After the meeting on 'Safeguarding citizens rights on social/ online news media platforms' here, the committee's chairman and ruling BJP MP Anurag Thakur said the Twitter head and senior officials have been "summoned" to appear before it on February 25.
Sources said the committee refused to meet junior officials from Twitter's India office, who were present at the meeting venue. The panel passed an unanimous resolution that the microblogging site's CEO should make himself available to show the company's seriousness in safeguarding rights of Indian citizens online, they added.
According to the sources, senior BJP leader L K Advani, who is also a panel member, was of the view that the committee must take serious note of senior Twitter officials' refusal to accept the panel's invitation on such an important matter of national interest.
During Monday's meeting, the panel members posed several questions to officials of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on their preparedness to safeguard rights of citizens online.
They have been asked to submit their replies within seven days, the sources said.