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Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, micro-blogging platform on Thursday in a blog post said that, “ We deeply respect the integrity of the election process and are committed to providing a service that fosters and facilitates free and open democratic debate.”

In recent times Twitter is facing a lot of heat for allegations of biased, fake news.

Earlier, Parliamentary Panel on Information Technology summoned the twitter officials including founder and CEO Jack Dorsey to appear before the committee on February 25.

Twitter said that 2019 General elections are the ‘top priority’ for the company.

“The 2019 Lok Sabha is a priority for the company and our dedicated cross functional team is working to ensure that the health of the public conversation is enhanced and protected at this important time,” it said in a blog post.

This is a constant process of learning and we gain insights from every election around the world, which helps inform our approach to this evolving challenge.

“India is the world’s largest democracy, and one of our largest and fastest-growing audience markets in the world so the 2019 Lok Sabha is a key priority for Twitter, globally”

Twitter shared some steps which it is taking to protect and increase the health of public conversation at this crucial moment

“As we lead into the elections, we'd like to take this opportunity to share some updates on the work we've been doing to protect and enhance the health of the public conversation at this pivotal cultural and political moment.”

The micro-blogging platform said that public conversation is more important at the time elections

“The public conversation on Twitter is never more important than during elections, the cornerstone of any democracy. Twitter shows the world what is happening, democratizes access to information and—at its best—provides insights into a diversity of perspectives on critical issues in real-time.”

-Sai Kumar