Tag: IT Rules
Respond 'ASAP' On Compliance Status To New Norms: Govt To Social Media Platforms
The Union Ministry of Electronics and IT has written to the social media platforms, directing them to respond on their compliance to the new digital rules as soon as possible, "preferably today". ....
Centre To Respond On HC Plea Challenging New Digital Norms
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the central government's response on a petition challenging the new IT Rules to regulate intermediaries, OTT platform and digital news media. ....
If IT Rules Not Stayed, They Have To Be Complied With, Delhi HC To Twitter
The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a plea against the non-compliance by Twitter India and Twitter Inc with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules, 2021). ....
Twitter Appoints Interim Chief Compliance Officer Ahead Of House Meet
With the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology asking Twitter to appear before it on June 18 and present its views on the prevention of misuse of its platform, the micro-blogging platform said on Tuesday that it has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer, the details of which will be soon shared with the IT Ministry directly. ....
Koo Publishes Compliance Report For June Under New IT Rules
Homegrown microblogging platform Koo on Thursday became the first Indian social media platform to publicly publish its compliance report following the new Information Technology (IT) guidelines.....
Twitter To HC: Will Appoint Grievance Officer In 8 Weeks; Have Right To Challenge IT Rules
Twitter has informed the Delhi High Court that it will take eight weeks to appoint resident grievance officer (RGO) in compliance with the new IT Rules, and it is in a process of setting up a liaison office in India, which will be its permanent physical contact address. However, Twitter said it reserves the right to challenge the new IT Rules. ....
Banned 2 Million Accounts In India: WhatsApp Report On New IT Rules
Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday filed its first monthly grievance redressal report as required under India's new IT norms, saying it banned two million accounts in India alone from the May 15-June 15 period attempting to send harmful or unwanted messages at scale.....
