Facebook, WhatsApp and 5 other social media platforms comply with some IT rules, Twitter drags feet | Technology News

New Delhi: 7 social media platforms have complied with some of the principles below the brand new IT guidelines that got here into impact earlier this week. Koo, Sharechat, Telegram, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook, WhatsApp have shared the record of their Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Contact Person, and Grievance Officer as envisaged below the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 with India’s Information Technology(IT) ministry. IT ministry is the primary nodal ministry that offers with the matter. 

The guidelines had been notified in February, and 3-month time interval was given to social media platforms to implement them. Other key points like traceability remain–that is the primary origin of any message, the main points of which should be shared with the authorities below the brand new guidelines.

Whatsapp has gone to the Delhi High Court over that rule, saying that it’s going to imply a breach of the elemental proper to privateness and violates its end-to-end encryption. The Indian govt has dismissed that saying no elementary proper is absolute and the principles are “reasonable restrictions.” 

Meanwhile, Twitter is but to comply with the rule and advised the Indian govt that it’s nominating a lawyer as its Nodal Contact Person and Grievance Officer. According to the principles, the officers must be staff of the corporate and residents in India. Interestingly, Twitter despatched the communication to the Indian govt late final evening, a day which noticed the Indian govt slamming twitter over non-implementation of recent IT guidelines. 

The Indian govt assertion mentioned, “Twitter needs to stop beating around the bush and comply with the laws of the land” and reminded it that”. The statement added, “Law making and coverage formulations is the only real prerogative of the sovereign and Twitter is only a social media platform and it has no locus in dictating what India’s authorized coverage framework must be.”

Also, Twitter is but to ship out the main points of the Chief Compliance Officer to the federal government as talked about within the IT guidelines.