Twitter lost immunity for non-compliance with IT Rules: Centre to HC

Govt counsel says grievance officer located in the US; Twitter said on Saturday it is in the process to appoint a local one

Microblogging platform Twitter did not comply with the new Information Technology Rules, and has therefore lost its immunity, provided to intermediaries under Section 79(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the government has told the Delhi High Court.

This was said in an affidavit filed by lawyer Amit Acharya, who filed a petition against Twitter over non-compliance with the new Information Technology rules that went into effect on May 26, 2021. Acharya said in the affidavit on Monday that  he came across some allegedly defamatory tweets, and when he sought to register a complaint, he only found contact details of