Nidhi Razdan, a senior journalist with NDTV today took to twitter to say that she received a death threat on the photo/video sharing app-Instagram. She claimed that while she reported the issue to Instagram, apparently the app does not consider death threats violative of their guidelines. India ranks 138 on the World Press Freedom Index, with even Afganistan and Palestine having better ranking. Razdan tweeted that she plans to take legal action and file a FIR.
I got a death threat on @instagram via a pvt msg: “I will hang you,I will execute you”. I reported the account to @instagram. They replied that it does not violate their guidelines. Shame on you @instagram. Am deleting my account. And yes, I’m filing an FIR
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) June 10, 2018