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Twitter interim grievance officer for India steps down

Twitter interim grievance officer for India steps down The development comes at a time the micro-blogging platform has been engaged in a tussle with the Indian government over the new social media rules Twitter’s interim resident grievance officer for India has stepped down, leaving the micro-blogging site without a grievance official as mandated by the new IT rules to address complaints from Indian subscribers, according to a source. The source said that Dharmendra Chatur, who was recently appointed as the interim resident grievance officer for India by Twitter, has quit from the post. Advertisement The social media company’s website no longer displays his name, as required under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021.

Indian IT Minister angry that Twitter broke local law by following US law

Copy The Indian Government’s dispute with Twitter took a new turn over the weekend with IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad accusing the micro-blogging service of breaking Indian law by following US law. Shankar made the argument that Twitter was again flouting Indian law after his account was briefly locked when the avian network acted on a complaint about copyrighted material appearing in the Minister’s feed. Twitter’s actions were in gross violation of Rule 4(8) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021 where they failed to provide me any prior notice before denying me access to my own account.

Twitter s interim grievance officer for India quits

By siliconindia  |  Monday, 28 June 2021, 03:33 Hrs Days after his appointment as per the new IT guidelines, Twitter s interim resident grievance officer for India, Dharmendra Chatur has stepped down, sources said. The US-headquartered micro-blogging platform s website does not show his name, as mandated under Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021. Twitter declined to comment on the matter. On the website, the grievance officer contact information for users in India is listed as Jeremy Kessel, who is based out of San Francisco, US. The development comes at a time when the micro-blogging platform is already under pressure to comply with the new norms and has faced severe criticism from the government along with warnings of legal proceedings.

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