Twitter's Grievance Officer, In Spotlight Over War With Centre, Resigns

Twitter has been locked in a months-long clash with the BJP-led government at the centre.New Delhi: Twitter’s new interim grievance redressal officer in the country, appointed less than a month ago to follow India’s new rules for social networking websites, has resigned amid the company’s bitter feud with the government, NDTV has learnt.Twitter has been locked in a months-long clash with the BJP-led government at the centre over issues ranging from requests to take down tweets supporting the farmers’ protest, discrediting posts by leaders of the BJP and more recently new regulation.The new rules for social networking websites – which include appointing India-based compliance executives and other conditions – have led to a protracted feud, raising concerns that Twitter may no longer enjoy protection against user-generated content.On May 31, Twitter told the Delhi High Court that it was appointing Dharmendra Chatur, partner at a law firm that represented Twitter as its interim grievance redressal officer. However, the government said it could not accept the appointment of outsiders to statutory posts.Since then, ties between the company and the government have worsened with the police in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh summoning Twitter’s India chief Manish Maheshwari for failing to stop the spread of…
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