The high court said Central government was free to take action against Twitter Inc in case of any breach of the new IT Rules.
The 51-year old took charge as the IT, Communications and Railways minister on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet reshuffle
The microblogging platform said it has appointed interim chief compliance officer with effect from July 6
Dismisses plea by Facebook India Vice-President and MD Ajit Mohan
Twitter has asserted that since it provides contractual services to its users as per its terms and conditions, any dispute would go before ordinary courts for redressal
The comment was on Twitter's standoff with the central government over new IT rules.
While Digital India, PLI for electronics have been big focus areas for him, Prasad will be remembered for sending a strong message to FB, WhatsApp and Twitter to follow the rules of the land
Twitter has shared couple of new ideas around maintaining user privacy and a 'privacy check-in' feature would allow people to remain more secure on the platform
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Delhi HC directs Twitter to inform by July 8 as to when its resident grievance officer will be appointed in compliance of new IT Rules
Govt counsel says grievance officer located in the US; Twitter said on Saturday it is in the process to appoint a local one
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The Centre, in an affidavit filed in the high court, said any non-compliance amounts to breach of provisions of IT Rules, leading to Twitter losing its immunity conferred under the IT Act
Earlier this week, it was reported that Twitter had appointed its Global Legal Policy Director Jeremy Kessel as the grievance officer for India.
Twitter has revealed two concepts for upcoming features, including 'trusted friends, that would allow users to target tweets toward specific audiences
The managing director of Twitter in India has been named in at least three police complaints, ranging from showing an incorrect map of India to a video of alleged communal violence going viral
Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Thursday became the first Indian social media platform to publicly publish its compliance report
Ravi Shankar Prasad said tech companies like Twitter should be accountable to India's Constitution and laws and that they should not be governed by American laws while operating in Indian territory
Twitter has announced that users can use their security keys as only form of two-factor authentication (2FA) on both mobile and web, which is the most effective way to keep the Twitter account secure