Facebook responds to India's new IT rules as deadline set to end, says THIS MeitY had asked the social media platform to abide by the new IT rules deadline by May 25 or face strict action. Share Updated: May 25, 2021, 05:24 PM IST The tussle between Twitter, WhatsApp and Facebook and the Union government has reached its nadir, and the fact is that an absence of a stricter personal data protection law is forcing the concerned authorities to take routes like sending cops to closed Twitter offices in the pandemic or writing heaps of notices that have resulted in zero action to date, while social networking giants continue to take the country for a ride.