'Comply with IT Rules, else…', Centre issues notice to Twitter again – The Hindu BusinessLine

Info-techSets July 4 deadline after which the microblogging site stands to lose its intermediary status With rise in communal disturbances across the country in the last few weeks, the government has issued a notice to micro-blogging site Twitter to comply with all its past orders by July 4.This is not the first time the government has written to the US-based company regarding compliance. The company has been at loggerheads with the government on several occasions over the last few years. Intermediary status According to sources at MeitY, it has set a deadline of July 4, failing which Twitter may lose intermediary status, which means it will be liable for all the comments posted on its platform. On June 26, the microblogging site submitted a list of over 80 accounts and tweets it has blocked based on a request from the government in 2021. The request was to block multiple accounts and some tweets from international advocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians and supporters of the farmers’ protest.Government sources said there are several other orders, which Twitter is yet to comply with and they have been given a final deadline now.Most of the requests sent are under Section 69A of the…
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