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Twitter cries 'intimidation'; govt hits back, says follow the law

Company says it is concerned by 'recent events regarding employees in India'.

IT Rules: Legal experts weigh in on reasonable curbs to Right to Privacy

Say the new rules do not pass the test of proportionality to justify breaching a user's privacy

Top headlines: Sun Pharma Q4 net rises two-fold; govt hits back at Twitter

Nifty holds 15,300, sees all-time closing high, RBI flags risk of bubble in Indian equity markets and other top news of the day

Stop beating around the bush, comply with laws of the land: Govt to Twitter

Twitter needs to stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land, says Ministry of Electronics and IT

'Twitter needs to comply with the law of the land,' says govt on IT rules

'Twitter's claims are an attempt to dictate its terms to the world's largest democracy,' says Centre

Twitter's allegation of 'intimidation tactics' by police baseless: Govt

The ministry slammed Twitter's statement on Thursday as an attempt to dictate terms to the world's largest democracy.

Twitter statements devised to seek dubious sympathy, says Delhi police

'These statements are not only mendacious but designed to impede a lawful inquiry by a private enterprise,' says Delhi Police as saying.

Here's how Twitter and Google have reacted to India's new digital rules

Listen to this podcast to understand India's new digital rules and social media companies' take on the issue

Concerned about staff, need 3 more months to comply with new rules: Twitter

Twitter on Thursday called the visit by Delhi Police to its offices a form of "intimidation"

Twitter partners RazorPay for Tip Jar service, in talks with others

The move comes as it enables iOS and Android users in India to send money or 'tip directly to their select favourite accounts with substantial followers

Twitter Spaces now available on desktop, mobile web browsers

Twitter on Thursday announced its live audio conversation app Spaces is now available from desktop and mobile web browsers

India's Koo raises $30 million in funding round led by Tiger Global

Koo was founded by serial entrepreneurs Aprameya Radhakrishna, founder of Taxi For Sure and Mayank Bidawatka who previously founded companies like Media Ant and Goodbox

A dive into the fate of FB, Twitter, WhatsApp as new IT rules deadline ends

Tune in to the podcast to learn about the fate of these social media giants after the deadline ended in India. Also, what's their take on the matter, among other things

Twitter-rival Koo raises $30 mn in Series B funding led by Tiger Global

Twitter-rival Koo has raised $30 million in Series B funding, led by Tiger Global with existing investors also participating in the latest round

Post new IT rules deadline, social media companies' future looks dark

Experts say companies qualifying as social media intermediaries may lose safe harbour protection under existing law

Congress seeks manipulated media tag on tweets of 11 union ministers

The Congress on Tuesday demanded that Twitter affix manipulated media tag to tweets of several union ministers

Toolkit probe: Delhi Police notice to 2 persons associated with Congress

According to sources, the Delhi Police Special Cell had served notice to two persons associated with the Indian National Congress to join inquiry when the complaint was submitted by the party

Toolkit row: 'Delhi police team went to Twitter offices to serve a notice'

Two teams of Special Cell were at the Twitter India offices located in Delhi's Lado Sarai and Gurgaon

Twitter, Facebook and others yet to fully comply with govt guidelines

The deadline to comply with the new legal rules meant for big social media platforms, which were issued by the government three months ago, is ending on Tuesday

Complied with new intermediary norms ahead of time: Koo

Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Saturday said it has met the compliance requirements of the new guidelines for digital platforms ahead of the stipulated deadline later this month. On February 25, the government had announced tighter regulations for social media firms like Facebook and Twitter, requiring them to remove any content flagged by authorities within 36 hours and setting up a complaint redressal mechanism with an officer being based in the country. The government had set 50 lakh registered users as the threshold for defining 'significant social media intermediary', which will have to adhere to additional obligations and compliance under the new IT rules that seek to crack down on misuse of social media platforms. Announcing the guidelines in February, it had said the new rules take effect immediately, while significant social media providers (based on number of users) will get three months before they need to start complying. In a statement on Saturday, Koo said it