India: Google, Facebook, WhatsApp complied with IT rules; Twitter yet to comply

Saturday, 29 May 2021Newsdesk
India: Google, Facebook, WhatsApp complied with IT rules; Twitter yet to comply
Except for Twitter, other major global social media outfits including Google, Facebook and WhatsApp have agreed to appoint statutory officers in line with the new guidelines issued by the Indian government.

New Delhi, 29 May 2021

As per news report of Khaleej Times, the three major ones along with LinkedIn and Telegram shared details of their chief compliance officers, the nodal contact persons and grievance officers with the Indian IT ministry. Twitter too is learnt to have given the name of a lawyer in India as its nodal contact person and grievance officer, but the government rejected it. The persons have to be employees of the companies, and not outsiders such as lawyers, it said.WhatsApp had earlier moved the Delhi high court. But all the other major social media sites appeared to have accepted the new rules introduced by the Indian government. Domestic majors including Koo and Sharechat have also appointed the personnel stipulated by the government.

Source -Khaleej Times

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