"Our rules and laws for intermediaries remain the same regardless of who owns the platforms," said MoS for electronics and information technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, told Reuters.
Speaking to India Today, Union MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar said it is time for India to grow significantly in the electronics production sector. He also spoke in detail about the new IT rules and the government's vision document for the export of electronics.
The new IT rules for social media companies came into effect last month.
The ministry notice warned the social media firm of consequences.
New Delhi: Social media platform Twitter is learnt to have written to the government that it is in advanced stages of finalising chief compliance officer as per the new IT rules and additional details will be submitted to the government within a week, according to an official source.
Twitter in its reply to the final notice of the government dated June 5, said that it is making all efforts to comply with the new guidelines but has been unable to do so because of the global impact of COVID-19 pandemic.
Government gives final notice to Twitter for compliance with new IT rules
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Government gives final notice to Twitter for compliance with new IT rules
TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jun 5, 2021, 13:48 IST
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NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday issued a final notice to social media platform Twitter for compliance with the new Information Technology (IT) rules, 2021.
In the notice the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) said, it is dismayed to note that your (Twitter s) responses to the ministry s letters neither address the clarifications sought by this ministry nor indicate full compliance with the rules.
It further stated that it is clear from your responses that till date Twitter has not informed about the details of the chief compliance officer as required under the rules.