Tussle heats up

What Twitter said

The company is committed to the people of India and it will strive to comply with the applicable law while being guided by the principles of transparency

We, alongside many in civil society in India and around the world, have concerns with regards to the use of intimidation tactics by the police in response to enforcement of our global Terms of Service

We plan to advocate for changes to elements of these regulations that inhibit free, open public conversation

It is the 'collective responsibility of elected officials, industry, and civil society to safeguard the interests of the public'

What government said

Twitter's statement alleging police intimidation and fear for its employees an “attempt to dictate terms” to the world's largest democracy The statement issued by Twitter is totally baseless, false and an attempt to defame India to hide their own follies

Twitter had allowed the “geo-location of Ladakh to be shown in China, treated the violence at Capitol Hill and Red Fort differently, promoted vaccine hesitancy and allowed the use of the term Indian variant for the Covid strain despite WHO guidelines against it”.

The microblogging website did not "take action against fake narratives” and propagated “grandiose claims of serving the people of India”.

“The new Rules require the social media companies to set up an India-based grievance redressal officer, compliance officer and nodal officer so that millions of users of social media who have a grievance get a forum for its redressal,” — Ravi Shankar Prasad, IT minister