Twitter’s trouble in India increased, the government gave the last ‘ultimatum’ to follow IT rules
The Central Government has given Twitter India the last chance to abide by the IT Rules 2021. The government has asked Twitter to implement the new IT rules by July 4. The social media company is losing the immunity given by the government. The IT Ministry has sent a notice to Twitter on Monday, June 27, alleging that the microblogging platform has failed to comply with the guidelines of the new IT rules.
According to the report of ET Telecom, the microblogging platform has not responded to the notice sent by the government. According to the report, apart from the notices sent on June 6 and 9, Twitter has consistently violated the rules. Therefore, preparations are being made for necessary action on the company. Also, according to the senior official, every social media company operating in India will have to follow the IT rules.
Twitter got an ultimatum
In the notice sent by MeitY, the Chief Compliance Officer of Twitter has been addressed. Also, it has been said that Twitter is continuously violating the instructions given in IT Act 69A. If the company loses its immunity, then it can be punished as per sub-section (1) given in section 79 of the IT Act.
The central government says that it is not yet clear which specific content Twitter takes notice of and removes from its platform. However, there is no response from Twitter to the question asked by the IT Ministry so far. MeitY has not mentioned this in its notice as well.
warning given earlier
Let us tell you that this is not the first time that the IT Ministry has warned Twitter. Even before this many times a warning has been issued by the ministry to Twitter. In May 2021, even after the IT Rules 2021 came into force, MeitY had issued a similar warning, asking the company to appoint a Resident Grievance Officer under the IT Act.
Not only this, the company had also asked to appoint a nodal contact person to deal with the complaints of the users, so that the company does not lose the protection given under Section 79 of the IT Act. In accordance with this rule, no internet intermediary shall make any third party information, data and communication links available to the users on its platform.
After this, Twitter appointed executives for each of the required posts and informed the ministry. Since last year, Twitter has blocked more than 80 content and user handles on legal requests at the request of the government. Twitter has told this through the disclosure of the Lumen database. According to the company’s policy, blocks any specific content on the basis of that geography, if the company receives a valid legal request by the government.
