Twitter loses the middleman standing in India. It will now face legal legal responsibility for illegal content material posted on the platform

Microblogging platform Twitter on Tuesday misplaced its ‘intermediary’ standing after failing to adjust to the brand new IT guidelines. The US-based firm did not make use of a grievance officer in time, regardless of being granted repeated extensions. As a consequence, Twitter India MD or some other prime government functionary might face police questioning and legal legal responsibility beneath IPC over ‘unlawful’ and ‘inflammatory’ content material posted on the platform by any consumer.Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, shared the information that Twitter had misplaced its ‘immunity’ granted beneath Section 79 of the IT Act within the nation, regardless of being granted a number of alternatives to adjust to the identical.He mentioned, “Twitter was given multiple opportunities to comply with the same, however, it has deliberately chosen the path of non-compliance”Further, Twitter was given a number of alternatives to adjust to the identical, nonetheless it has intentionally chosen the trail of non compliance.— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 16, 2021As reported by TFI, India had fastened 5 million registered customers as the brink for outlining a big social media firm as an middleman. After the deadline to stick to the brand new IT pointers elapsed final month on May 26, social media platforms resembling Facebook, WhatsApp, Google, and Twitter ran the danger of dropping their standing as “intermediaries” and will have grow to be accountable for legal motion if they didn’t adjust to the revised rules.While initially, all of the aforementioned firms tried to stall adhering to the coverage change, the federal government needed to step in and use an iron fist to set issues in movement. Although Facebook despatched its subsidiary WhatsApp to the courtroom to sue the federal government, it needed to return empty-handed and settle for the federal government’s resolution.Meanwhile, Twitter remained imprecise in its communications with the federal government and intentionally leaked stories within the media that it had appointed an interim Grievance officer. While the federal government acquired no replace about as such, it grew to become clear that Twitter was biding its time and attempting to impede the proceedings.On June 5, the ministry had despatched its last discover to Twitter over non-compliance with the brand new IT guidelines, warning it once more of penal motion. However, Twitter nonetheless remained unperturbed and indubitably the federal government was compelled to revoke its standing.Coming down heavy on the California headquartered firm, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad signed off saying that Twitter shouldn’t consider itself as greater than the nation.Prasad mentioned, “If any foreign entity believes that they can portray itself as the flag bearer of free speech in India to excuse itself from complying with the law of the land, such attempts are misplaced.”However, if any international entity believes that they’ll painting itself because the flag bearer of free speech in India to excuse itself from complying with the legislation of the land, such makes an attempt are misplaced.— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) June 16, 2021Twitter thus, dug its personal grave by going towards the diktat of the federal government. While the netizens are demanding that Twitter be banned simply the best way Nigeria did, the federal government is unquestionably heading in the identical course, if Twitter continues its rebellious teenager act.