Need 8 Weeks To Appoint Grievance Officer: Twitter To Court After Warning

Thursday, 8 July 2021Newsdesk

Twitter today sought eight weeks' time to appoint a grievance officer in India, telling the Delhi High Court that it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer, who is a resident of India, two days ago. The social media giant also told the court that it will make its first compliance report public by July 11.

New Delhi, 08 July 2021

As per news report of NDTV, Twitter gave a time frame two days after the court warned that it cannot take "as long as it wants" in this country to appoint an India-based officer for it to comply with country's new IT rules. A full-time officer for the crucial role will be appointed in eight weeks, the company said today, adding it is accepting applications for the position for which job openings have been posted. On Tuesday, Delhi High Court gave a stern warning to the company over the appointment of a grievance office. "How long does your process take? If Twitter thinks it can take as long it wants in our country, I will not allow that," Justice Rekha Palli had said. Last month, Dharmendra Chatu

Source - NDTV