New Delhi: The deadline to adjust to the federal government’s new authorized guidelines for giant social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter will come to an finish on Tuesday, these guidelines have been issued three months in the past.
The authorities’s guidelines will come into impact from May 26.
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According to official sources, social media platforms reminiscent of Twitter, Facebook got three months to conform by the brand new authorities guidelines which have been notifed on February twenty fifth beneath Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021. Except Koo, not one of the prime social media intermediaries have appointed a resident grievance officer, a chief compliance officer and a nodal contact individual but.
These social media platforms are prone to lose their protections as intermidiaries a prime official revealed on Monday.
“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,” prime official informed IANS.
