New IT Rules 2021: After Facebook, Google, now Twitter also agreed, said- According to the new law, we will provide service in India

New Delhi, 31 May 2021 Monday

After all the protests, the microblogging site Twitter has finally agreed to several new social media guidelines from the Government of India. Twitter has told the Delhi High Court that it has complied with the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Code of Conduct) Rules, 2021 and on May 28, it has also appointed a Complaints Officer, though Twitter has named the Complaints Officer. Information about this has not been given yet.

The court said that if the new information technology (IT) rules relating to digital media are not banned, Twitter will have to comply. Following the remarks, Justice Rekha Palli sent a notice to the Center and social media platform Twitter on the plea of ​​advocate Amit Acharya and directed them to file their case.

Amit Acharya has claimed in his petition that the rules have not been followed by Twitter. Twitter, on the other hand, claimed before the court that it was following the rules and had appointed a grievance redressal officer, but the central government denied the claim. If these (rules) are not prohibited, they will have to comply, the court said.

Acharya, in a petition filed by advocates Akash Vajpayee and Manish Kumar, said that when he tried to lodge a complaint against some of the tweets, he found out that they were allegedly not following government rules.

A Twitter spokesperson said, "Twitter is trying to enforce the laws in India. We are committed to the principles of transparency, empowering everyone's voice and protecting freedom of speech and privacy under Indian law. "

Earlier, WhatsApp was not ready to implement the new guideline but according to sources, it has also implemented the new guideline and submitted the information of the complaint officer to the government. Facebook and Google said before WhatsApp that the new guideline has been implemented without any opposition.