Country is challenging Twitter and Facebook's practices and threatening to set a precedent that could extend far beyond its borders.
The panel, chaired by Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, had asked them to appear in-person at the parliament secretariat
The CJI also asked the Union Minister to augment the provisioning of vaccines to immunise all the functionaries associated with the Courts
After Union Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor were temporarily locked out of their Twitter accounts, latter said that he would seek an explanation
Under the rule social media platforms like Twitter are obliged to serve a notification to the user explaining reason for action before removing account or disabling access
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My comments calling out high handedness, arbitrary actions of Twitter have clearly ruffled feathers, Ravi Shankar Prasad says
IT minister Prasad said the BPO centre with common telecom resource will now be able to serve customers located worldwide, including India.
The industry has been awaiting the SOPs on the new IT Rules, 2021 because they require more clarity on certain matters
Non-compliance may lead to the loss of protection under the safe harbour provisions accorded by Section 79 of the Information Technology Act
The BJP is upset because Twitter flagged a specific post by a BJP spokesperson as "Manipulated media".
The law minister also touched upon Twitter's decision to flag the tweets of some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as 'manipulated media'.
According to rules, significant social media intermediaries have to notify the details of their Indian-based chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and grievance officer
Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad asked the Congress leadership to clear its stand on remarks of Digvijay Singh that his party will have a "relook" at Article 370 revocation if returns to power.
Govt says they want the greivance officer, nodal officer and compliance officer to be resident in India, and on Twitter payroll
The government has asked Twitter to appoint India-based officers following new rules for social media companies.
The heavy-handed ways in which the government has been behaving in shaping the narrative and curbing dissent make even genuine attempts at regulating big tech suspicious, says Choudhary
Twitter needs to stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land, says Ministry of Electronics and IT
New rules are designed to prevent abuse and misuse of platforms: Prasad