Twitter has appointed officers as per new IT Rules 2021: Govt informs Delhi HC

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has informed the Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Resident Grievance Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Nodal Contact Person in accordance with the New IT Rules 2021.

The Ministry informed the HC in an affidavit that the microblogging website has recognised these positions as its own employees; this means that they don’t fall outside the gambit of ‘contingent workers’.

The Ministry informed the Court that Twitter has furnished the “names of the appointed personnel and their respective positions also. The said affidavit (of Twitter) mentions their employment start date as August 4, 2021. Twitter has further enclosed their employment contracts along with the said affidavit as proof of such appointments.”

On August 10, the High Court had directed the Government to file a short affidavit in reaction to the affidavit by filed by Twitter.

“I submit that Twitter has appointed the personnel in compliance to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 hereinafter referred as IT Rules, 2021,” the MEITY informed the Court.

The petition in this regard was filed by lawyer Amit Acharya, who accused the microblogging of not complying with the IT Rules when he attempted to complain about a few tweets.

Justice Rekha Palli has posted the matter to October 5. 

The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 have been enacted for the regulation of a three-tier grievance redressal mechanism for social media, OTT platforms and digital news websites.

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