Twitter must comply with new IT rules, says Delhi high court

WHILE TWITTER CLAIMED THAT IT HAS COMPLIED WITH THE RULES AND APPOINTED A RESIDENT GRIEVANCE OFFICER, THE CENTRE DISPUTED THE CLAIM

NEW DELHI: Twitter has to comply with the new Information Technology rules for digital media if they have not been stayed, the Delhi high court said on Monday.

Justice Rekha Palli issued notice to the Centre and social media platform Twitter seeking their stand on a plea by a lawyer, Amit Acharya, claiming non-compliance of the rules by it. the new IT Rules took effect from Fe bruary 25 and the Centre had given three months to every social media intermediary, including Twitter, to comply with them.

He contended that the threemonth period got over on May 25, but no resident grievance officer was appointed by Twitter to deal with complaints regarding tweets on its platform.

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.