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UN Special Rapporteurs write to govt against IT Rules, ask for review

They say the IT Rules seem to be at variance with international law and standards on privacy rights and freedom of opinion and expression, to which India is a signatory

Who will blink first?

The BJP is upset because Twitter flagged a specific post by a BJP spokesperson as "Manipulated media".

Twitter India representatives depose before parliamentary panel

This comes amid a tussle between the Union government and Twitter over the new IT rules

Showdown over new IT rules: All you need to know about Twitter vs Govt feud

UP assault case: Notice sent to Twitter India MD, asked to join probe

The Ghaziabad Police has sent a notice to the Twitter India Managing Director, asking him to join a probe in the case involving an assault on a Muslim man here, officials said Friday

UP Police sends legal notice to Twitter India MD over Loni incident

The MD has been asked to record his statement after the microblogging site "let the anti-social messages go viral".

Twitter row: Cong says PM Modi wants to suppress voice of 140 crore Indians

The Congress on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to suppress the voice of 140 crore Indians and does not want them to say anything against him and his government. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the action against Twitter and other social media platforms is only aimed at suppressing the freedom of their speech and expression. He said this in the context of the government initiating action against Twitter. The government has asked Twitter to comply with intermediary guidelines and said it has lost its "safe harbour" protection in India over non-compliance with IT rules and failure to appoint key personnel mandated under the new guidelines. IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had said Twitter failed to comply with intermediary guidelines and has "deliberately" chosen the path of non-compliance despite being granted multiple opportunities. Surjewala said Twitter does not write anything of its own, it is the people of the country who write agains

Behind Twitter's 'non-compliance' with new IT rules: Covid-19 pandemic

Twitter said it had appointed a nodal contact person and a resident grievance officer as required under the rules

Mamata Banerjee condemns Centre's efforts to 'control' Twitter

The Centre, having failed to influence the microblogging platform, is now trying to bulldoze it: Banerjee

Toolkit case: Delhi cops quizzed Twitter India MD in Bengaluru on May 31

The row over the purported toolkit' escalated after the Delhi Police's Special Cell visited two Twitter India offices on May 24 and served a notice

Delhi Police receives complaint against Swara Bhaskar, Twitter India MD

Delhi Police has received a complaint against Swara Bhaskar, Twitter India MD Manish Maheshwari and others in connection with social media posts about an attack on an elderly Muslim man in Ghaziabad

Delhi Police interrogates Twitter India MD over 'toolkit row': Sources

A senior-level team of Delhi Police's Special Cell interrogated Twitter India managing director Manish Maheshwari at Bengaluru over the 'Congress toolkit case' matter on May 31, sources said

Twitter failed to comply with new IT rules, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

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

IT rules: Penalise Twitter for non-compliance, says Mohandas Pai

Pai alleged that the microblogging platform has become ideological, biased and is no longer neutral.

Courts, not govt to decide intermediary status: law experts on Twitter row

Reports on Wednesday suggested Twitter may have lost its intermediary status under the Information Technology Act for not complying with the newly notified Information Technology Rules, 2021.

UP Police book Twitter, journalists for circulating Muslim man video

In video, an elderly Muslim man narrates his ordeal after he was allegedly attacked by some people in Ghaziabad

Twitter assures compliance with new IT rules after losing legal shield

After Twitter lost its status as an intermediary platform in India, it said that it will continue to make every effort to comply with the government's new IT rules

Twitter loses intermediary status over non-compliance with new rules: Rpt

Sources further said that Twitter is the only social media platform among the mainstream that has not adhered to the new laws

Parliamentary committee summons Twitter on June 18 over new IT rules

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology has called on Twitter to appear before the panel in Parliament Complex on June 18 at 4 pm

IT rules: Twitter says it appointed interim Chief Compliance Officer

Continue to make every effort to comply with new guidelines; Keeping IT Ministry apprised of progress at every step, says Twitter spokesperson