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    Government of India

    Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)


    Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
    New Delhi (India)-110003

    No. 16(4)2020-CLeS Date: 5th June, 2021

    Twitter Inc
    USA

    Sub: Compliance of the Information Technology (Intermediary guidelines


    and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 - reg.

    Dear Mr. Jim Baker,

    This is with reference to this Ministry’s letters dated 26th May 2021 and 28th May 2021
    regarding compliance with the subject Rules and your corresponding responses dated
    28th May 2021 and 2nd June 2021. MeitY is dismayed to note that your responses to
    the Ministry’s letters neither address the clarifications sought by this Ministry nor
    indicate full compliance with the Rules.

    It is clear from your responses that till date Twitter has not informed about the details
    of the Chief Compliance Officer as required under the Rules. Further, Resident
    Grievance Officer and Nodal Contact Person nominated by you is not an employee of
    Twitter Inc. in India as prescribed in the Rules. The office address of Twitter Inc. as
    mentioned by you is that of a law firm in India, which is also not as per the Rules.

    The provisions for significant social media intermediaries under the Rules have already
    come into force on 26th May 2021 and it has been more than a week but Twitter has
    refused to comply with the provisions of these Rules. Needless to state, such non-
    compliance will lead to unintended consequences including Twitter losing exemption
    from liability as intermediary available under section 79 of the Information
    Technology (IT) Act, 2000. This has clearly been provided under rule 7 of the aforesaid
    Rules.

    Contd..
    The refusal to comply demonstrates Twitter’s lack of commitment and efforts towards
    providing a safe experience for the people of India on its platform. The world's largest
    democracy has been among the first countries in the world, outside the parent country
    of Twitter Inc., to enthusiastically adopt the Twitter platform. Despite being
    operational in India for more than a decade, it is beyond belief that Twitter Inc. has
    doggedly refused to create mechanisms that will enable the people of India to resolve
    their issues on the platform in a timely and transparent manner and through fair
    processes, by India based, clearly identified resources. Leave alone proactively creating
    such a mechanism, Twitter Inc. is in the inglorious bracket of refusing to do so even
    when mandated by law.

    The people of India, who use the Twitter platform, deserve and demand a fair
    mechanism to address their grievances and resolve their disputes. Users who are
    abused on the platform or are harassed or are subject to defamation or sexual abuse
    or become victims or a whole range of other abusive content must get a redressal
    mechanism that the same people of India have created through a due process of law.

    Though with effect from 26th May 2021, in view of Twitter Inc’s non-compliance with
    the Rules as noted above, consequences follow. However, as gesture of goodwill,
    Twitter Inc. is hereby given one last notice to immediately comply with the Rules,
    failing which the exemption from liability available under section 79 of the IT Act,
    2000 shall stand withdrawn and Twitter shall be liable for consequences as per the IT
    Act and other penal laws of India.

    Sincerely,

    (Rakesh Maheshwari)
    Group Co-ordinator, Cyber law, MeitY
    e-mail: [email protected]
    Ph: +91-11-24301468

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