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The Delhi High Court has given Twitter three weeks to demonstrate that its operations comply with intermediary guidelines implemented by India on the 25th May.
The bigger concern for India is not that India is taking a leaf from Brazils playbook, but that its dragging the country backward to the China of 2006. Thats when Beijing was powering up The Great Firewall, a project that would prevent outside information from flowing into the nation and allow authorities to control what was shared internally.
For close to 740 million Indian internet subscribers, it is important they understand that neither WhatsApp nor the govt is completely supportive of their right to privacy. We must expect less from WhatsApp than our govt. WhatsApp is a technology business. Our govt, though, has the primary responsibility of protecting our constitutional rights.
As a public platform, it must stay under close watch and abide by our sovereign laws. But a few intermediary rules are so stiff that they could backfire and hurt India’s larger interests
The petition has sought a direction to Twitter to appoint a resident grievance officer without further delay. It has also sought a direction to the Centre to ensure that the IT rules are complied with.