Twitter, Facebook may not be able to operate in India from May 26
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, threatening the operations of the likes of Twitter in India.
According to top official sources, social media platforms such as
Twitter, Facebook and
others, which were required to abide by the rules notified in the gazette of
India on February 25 under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics
Code Rules, 2021, have failed to comply on many accounts till date.
The government's rules will come into effect from May 26.
"If social media companies do not obey the rules, they may
lose their status and protections as intermediaries and may become liable for
criminal action as per the existing laws of India," top official sources
said.
Except one Indian social media company, Koo, sources said that none
of the top social media intermediaries have appointed a resident grievance
officer, a chief compliance officer and a nodal contact person yet.
Sources said the failure of social media companies to make these
appointments in three months has not gone down well with the government.
With arbitrary suspensions of accounts and inaction over abuses
and bigotry on social media platforms, users in India have been persistently
complaining against tech giants like Twitter, Facebook and others.
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