Rahul rues dip in follower count; Twitter says numbers accurate

Rahul Gandhi

After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote to Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal last month claiming that his number of followers was declining, the social media company on Thursday said the numbers are "meaningful and accurate".

"We fight spam and malicious automation strategically and at scale with machine learning tools, and as part of those consistent and ongoing efforts to ensure a healthy service and credible accounts, follower counts can and do fluctuate," said the Twitter spokesperson.

"I want to bring your attention to what I believe is Twitter's unwitting complicity in curbing free and fair speech in India," Gandhi had said in his December 27 letter to Twitter. He said Twitter India was under "immense pressure" to silence his voice.

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