New Delhi, July 7 (UNI) Micro-blogging website Twitter has complied with the IT Ministry’s last notice within the final July 4 deadline, after receiving a warning to either comply with new IT Rules, 2021 or face stricter action.
Reliable sources told IANS on Tuesday that the company finally complied with the June 27 notice sent by the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) over taking action on some controversial tweets.A query sent to Twitter India went unanswered.The government had asked Twitter to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69A of the IT Act along with non-compliance notices issued for not taking the content down. Not complying with the IT rules, 2021 could have resulted in Twitter losing its immunity as a social media intermediary under Section 79 of the IT Act. In May, the IT Ministry issued a similar notice to the micro-blogging platform, directing it to appoint a resident grievance officer.
, a resident chief compliance officer, and a nodal contact person.
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021.
