Mumbai: Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) has permanently suspended actress Swara Bhasker’s account for copyright infringement.
Swara took to her Instagram handle to express her disappointment, and called out X for suppressing her freedom of speech and expression.
She shared screenshots of the notices that she received from X and also divulged details of the tweets which were marked for copyright infringement.
“(You can’t make this stuff up!!!!) Dear X, Two images from two tweets have been marked as ‘copyright infringements’. Basis which my X account is locked / disabled, I can’t access it and permanent suspension has been approved by your teams,” she wrote.
“One with an orange background and text in Hindi Devnagri script reading “Gandhi Hum Sharmindaa hain, Tere qaatil zinda hain” is a popular slogan of the progressive movement in India. There is no copyright violation. It is akin to urban modern folk idiom.”
“The second image marked as a violation is an image of MY OWN child with her face concealed waving an Indian flag and with writing ‘HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY India’. How can this possibly be a copyright infringement ???? Who has a copyright on my child’s likeness??? Both of these complaints are ridiculous and untenable by any rational, logical and objective understanding of any legal definition of copyright,” she continued.
Swara believed her posts were reported to suppress freedom of expression and speech. “If these tweets have been mass reported they are aimed to harass the user i.e. myself and are aimed at suppressing my freedom of speech and expression. Kindly review and reverse your decision. Thanks, Swara Bhaskar.”
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On work front, Swara will be next seen in ‘Mrs Falani.’ Her last released film was ‘Mimamsa’ in 2022.
Swara married activist and politician Fahad Ahmad in 2023. They have a daughter named Raabiya.
