According to experts, although it may be difficult for India to impose a suspension of services on Twitter for indefinite period as done by Nigeria, the company must ensure it has its grievance officers in India and not in the US.
The global changes announced by Facebook on Friday imply that posts from politicians on the platform will no longer be exempt from the companys policies that prevent regular users from engaging in harmful speech. These changes will be applicable in India as well and the update has gone into effect immediately, a Facebook spokesperson told ET.
In India, Twitter is in the eye of storm for not complying to the new IT (intermediary) rules 2021 requires the social media firms to appoint a grievance officer in the country.
As India takes its fight with Twitter over noncompliance of the new IT rules to the final round can the country go ahead and block or suspend the platform the way Nigeria has done
The Delhi High Court also perused the status reports on inquiry conducted over allegations of procuring and hoarding medical oxygen made against AAP MLAs Priti Tomar and Praveen Kumar.