TWITTER bows down to government, says making efforts to comply with new IT RULES

After the government gave one last chance to Twitter to comply with the new IT rules, it seems the social media giant has finally given up. Warning the Twitter, the Centre had said that if the micro bogging site fails to adhere to the new norms it will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act. 

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The Centre had fixed May 25 as the last date for social media, including Facebook and Twitter, to follow the new IT norms, however, most of the social media refrained from it. Later, after warning from the government, most of these platforms followed the government order, but Twitter did not respond. On Saturday, the government gave it one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules. The latest response from Twitter comes after the same warning.  

"Twitter has been & remains deeply committed to India. We have assured the GoI that Twitter is making every effort to comply with the new guidelines, and an overview of our progress has been duly shared. We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Indian Govt: Twitter Spox," tweeted news agency ANI.  

Earlier, The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said that Twitter's refusal to comply with the rules demonstrated the microblogging site's "lack of commitment and efforts towards providing a safe experience for the people of India on its platform". 

The new IT rules for social media companies that came into effect last month mandate large platforms like Facebook and Twitter to undertake greater due diligence and make these digital platforms more accountable and responsible for the content hosted by them. 

The rules also require significant social media intermediaries - providing services primarily in the nature of messaging - to enable identification of the "first originator" of the information that undermines the sovereignty of India, the security of the state, or public order. The new IT rules require significant social media intermediaries - those with other 50 lakh users - to appoint a grievance officer, nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These personnel are required to be resident in India.  

Under the new rules, social media companies will have to take down flagged content within 36 hours, and remove within 24 hours content that is flagged for nudity, pornography etc. The Centre had said the new rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms, and offer users a robust forum for grievance redressal.