Centre serves final notice to Twitter for compliance with new IT rules
Centre serves final notice to Twitter for compliance with new IT rules
The government warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act.
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Updated: Jun 5, 2021, 02:20 PM IST
The government on Saturday issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to immediately comply with the new IT rules and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said that though with effect from May 26, 2021, consequences follow given Twitter s non-compliance with rules however, as a gesture of goodwill, Twitter Inc is hereby given one last notice to immediately comply with the rules, failing which the exemption from liability available.Shall stand withdrawn and Twitter shall be liable for consequences as per the IT
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MeitY had asked the social media platform to abide by the new IT rules deadline by May 25 or face strict action.
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Updated: May 25, 2021, 05:24 PM IST
The tussle between Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook and the Union government has reached its nadir, and the fact is that an absence of a stricter personal data protection law is forcing the concerned authorities to take routes like sending cops to closed Twitter offices in the pandemic or writing heaps of notices that have resulted in zero action to date, while social networking giants continue to take the country for a ride.