All prominent social media firmsexcept for the Twitter has furnished the details on the compliancewith the latest, IT rules said government sources. Firms that have compliedwith the norms include Koo, Sharechat, Telegram, LinkedIn, Google, Facebook andWhatsApp.
The details produced by thecompanies before the government include the names of their chief compliance officer,nodal contact person and grievance officer.
However, the latest dissent moveof Twitter has hinted at the un-ending war with the Centre govt. It may benoted here that on Thursday night, Twitter has informed the government that ithad appointed a nodal officer who would also work as the grievance officer, asstated by the new ‘intermediary guidelines.’
However, the Centre is not satisfiedwith Twitter half-compliance status.
According to the governmentsources, the micro-blogging site has appointed a lawyer who works for a lawfirm in India as its nodal-cum-grievance officer. Under the latest ‘IntermediaryGuidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code’ (Information Technology Rules 2021),the companies have been directed to employ a nodal officer, grievance officer,chief compliance officer from India itself.
The sources have further addedthat Twitter is yet to furnish the details before Centre about its third appointment that is of a compliance officer.