IT rules: Twitter says it appointed interim Chief Compliance Officer

Twitter on Tuesday claimed it has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer and the aspects of the official will be shared with the IT Ministry right before long.

The Government had issued a recognize to Twitter offering it a single last possibility to “promptly” comply with the new IT regulations and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform getting rid of exemption from legal responsibility less than the IT Act.

Pursuing this, Twitter had confident the Indian authorities last week that it is in advanced phases of finalising the appointment of chief compliance officer as necessary less than the new IT regulations, and that it will submit supplemental aspects within just a week.

A Twitter spokesperson on Tuesday claimed the business proceeds to make each individual exertion to comply with the new rules, and is retaining the IT Ministry apprised of development at each individual phase of the process.

An interim Chief Compliance Officer has been retained and aspects will be shared with the Ministry right before long, the spokesperson extra.

The shift by Twitter assumes importance as the microblogging platform has been experiencing heat around delay in complying with the IT regulations that mandate massive digital platforms to undertake bigger thanks diligence, and make them far more accountable and accountable for the written content that is hosted.

As per the regulations, considerable social media intermediaries — individuals with around 50 lakh end users — are necessary to appoint a grievance officer, a nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These staff have to be people in India.

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