IT Rules ‘law of the land’, Twitter mandatorily required to follow: Centre to HC

Monday, 5 July 2021Newsdesk
IT Rules ‘law of the land’, Twitter mandatorily required to follow: Centre to HC
The IT Rules 2021 are the “law of the land” and Twitter is “mandatorily” required to comply with them, the Centre told the Delhi High Court on Monday. The central government also told the court that Twitter has failed to fully comply with the rules, which results in the micro-blogging site losing the immunity granted to intermediaries under the law.

New Delhi, 05 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express,The reply was filed in response to a petition alleging that the micro-blogging site has not appointed a resident grievance officer, as per the IT Rules 2021. The Centre told the court that Twitter had initially appointed interim Resident Grievance Officer and Nodal Contact Person but it later informed the State that both the officers have resigned from their positions. The grievances from India in the interim are apparently being handled by Twitter’s personnel from the US, which amounts to non-compliance with the IT rules, the Centre said in its reply.

Source -The Indian Express

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