New IT rules | Twitter yet to share details with government

Major social media intermediaries, including Google and Facebook, have complied.

Twitter is yet to share details of their Chief Compliance Officer for the India market — a , with the government, a Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) source said, adding that most other , including Google, and had submitted compliance details. The () had written to all significant social media intermediaries, who have over 50 lakh registered users in India, on Wednesday requesting details of compliance “ASAP and preferably today itself”. The U.S.-headquartered Twitter, which is at loggerheads with the , on Thursday, had raised concerns over some requirements under the new rules, including making an individual (the compliance officer) criminally liable for content on the platform. The platform also pointed out that the requirements for proactive monitoring, and the blanket authority to seek information about its customers represents dangerous overreach that is inconsistent with open, democratic principles.