Govt gives Twitter 'last chance' to comply with new IT rules

Govt says they want the greivance officer, nodal officer and compliance officer to be resident in India, and on Twitter payroll

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has been given one last notice to comply with the newly notified Information Technology Rules, 2021, applicable to social media intermediaries, or lose its safeguards as an intermediary in the country. 

In a letter addressed to Jim Baker, Twitter's deputy general counsel, the Ministry said: "The refusal to comply (with IT Rules) demonstrates Twitter's lack of commitment and efforts towards providing a safe experience for the people of India on its platform. Despite being operational in India for more than a decade, it is beyond belief that Twitter Inc. has doggedly refused to