New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued a discover in response to a petition in opposition to Twitter for not complying with India’s Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021).
A bench of Justice Rekha Palli stated: “I am inclined to issue notice. If the rules have not been stayed, then they have to comply with the rules.”
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Advocate Amit Acharya moved the plea in search of the Delhi High Court’s course to the union authorities for passing essential directions to Twitter India and Twitter Inc to nominate resident grievance officer beneath Rule 4 of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules 2021 with none delay.
The High Court has issued a discover to the Centre and social media platform Twitter asking to know their stand on the plea.
The counsel for Twitter submitted that the principles weren’t complied with on the time when the petition was filed, nevertheless, they’ve been complied with now. The resident grievance officer was appointed on May 28 and a reply shall be filed within the matter, the counsel added.
On the opposite hand, Advocate Akash Vajpai, representing the petitioner, submitted that the appointment of resident grievance officer shouldn’t be in response to the IT Rules.
Another counsel for the petitioner contended that whereas Twitter states {that a} resident grievance officer has been appointed, they do not know in the event that they’ve appointed it as per legislation.
The bench instructed the counsel to not interject, only for the sake of interjecting. “That’s why I am issuing notice and not disposing the plea”, stated the courtroom.
The courtroom has listed for additional listening to on July 6.
The plea had contended that Twitter is a “Significant Social Media Intermediary” (SSMI) as laid down beneath the IT Rules, 2021 and due to this fact should guarantee compliance with the statutory duties imposed upon it by the provisions of those guidelines”.
Ravi Shankar Prasad’s Response To ABP News
Earlier today, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke exclusively to ABP News over the new IT rules and revealed that all social media platforms are ready to abide by the rules except Twitter.
The Union Minister said that Twitter will have to follow the new rules to operate in India. Ravi Shankar Prasad, “If you wish to do enterprise in India you’ll have to observe the constitutional legal guidelines, else you possibly can return to your personal nation and depart your userbase right here.”
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad additionally clarified that the federal government shouldn’t be going to intervene in anyone’s non-public life and skim their messages, nevertheless it desires to cease the terrorist assaults, harassment of girls, violence, spiritual riots, and lots of different incidences which might hamper the nationwide integrity.
Twitter has deputed the identical particular person, a lawyer, because the grievance officer, compliance officer, and nodal officer
On being requested about the way forward for Twitter in India, Ravi Shankar Prasad stated that what Twitter has performed is in opposition to the principles as they need to have deputed their workers within the three positions and never a lawyer. As Twitter has did not abide by the principles, the Central authorities will ponder on the difficulty and decide, the IT minister added.
(With Agency Inputs)
