Google, Facebook, Whatsapp Says Yes To New Digital Media Rules; Twitter Is An Exception
A couple of days after the government asked all social platforms to comply with the new IT guidelines, almost all major social media firms have followed suit. Social media intermediaries like Koo, Sharechat, Telegram, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. have shared details with the ministry as per the requirement of the new rules.
Most of the major social media intermediaries have shared the details of their Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person, and Grievance Officer with the Ministry of Electronics and IT, as required by the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021. However, Twitter is yet to send the details to the Centre, sources said.
After a firm response from the government, Twitter sent a communication late last night, sharing details of a lawyer working in a law firm in India as their Nodal Contact Person and Grievance Officer. The Rules require that these designated officers of the significant social media companies must be the employees of the company and residents in India. Twitter has not yet sent the details of the Chief Compliance Officer to the Ministry. Govt's stern warning to Twitter In a fierce response to Twitter over its statement raising concern over 'potential threat to freedom of expression' in India, the Centre asked the micro-blogging platform to 'stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land'. "Lawmaking and policy formulations are the sole prerogatives of the sovereign and Twitter is just a social media platform and it has no locus in dictating what India’s legal policy framework should be," the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology said in a statement.
