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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s (MeitY) action follows Twitter<\/a>’s “repeated failures to act on the content take-down notices sent under Section 69 A of the IT Act” as well as on “non-compliance notices issued for not taking the content down,” officials in the know told ET.
In the notice sent on Monday—which has been reviewed by ET—the ministry pointed out that the microblogging platform failed to comply with notices sent on June 6 and June 9.
“Despite repeated notices and chances being given to them to act, Twitter continues to remain in violation. Therefore, appropriate action is being taken against (it),” said a senior official, adding that “all intermediaries that operate in India must follow the IT Rules<\/a> in letter and spirit.”
MeitY’s notice — addressed to Twitter’s Chief Compliance Officer — states that “if Twitter Inc. continues to be in violation of these Directions and therefore the IT Act, significant consequences under the IT Act shall prevail.”
Could be liable to punishment
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This includes “loss of immunity as available (to) an intermediary under sub-section (1) of section 79 of the IT Act and (will be) liable to punishment to offences as prescribed in the IT Act 2000.”
It was, however, not immediately clear which specific content takedown notices Twitter had not responded to or acted upon. The MeitY notice also did not make any mentions of the same.
Twitter India did not reply to ET’s queries on the development until press time.
To be sure, this is not the first instance wherein the IT ministry<\/a> has warned Twitter of the possibility of losing its intermediary status over non-compliance with regulations under the IT Act.
In May 2021, when the IT Rules 2021 came into effect, MeitY had issued a similar warning to Twitter, asking it to appoint a resident grievance officer, a resident chief compliance officer as well as a nodal contact person or risk losing the protection granted to it under Section 79 of the IT Act.
Under this law, an internet<\/a> intermediary cannot be held liable— legally or otherwise — for any third-party information, data or communication link that is hosted or made available on its platform by users.
Subsequently, Twitter had appointed executives in all the required roles and had informed the IT ministry of its compliance with the norms.
Over the last year, Twitter has blocked access in India to 80 pieces of content or user handles based on legal requests from the government, the intermediary said in its disclosures on Lumen Database, an internet archive of transparency reports filed by social media intermediaries.
According to its policies on withholding content for a specific geography, the microblogging platform blocks access to a specific piece of content or handles only on receiving a valid legal request from the government of the country.
“The withholdings are limited to the specific jurisdiction\/country where the content is determined to be illegal,” Twitter's country withholding policy states.
Regulatory overhaul<\/strong>
The ministry’s latest notice to the San Francisco-based company comes even as India is proposing an overhaul of the IT Rules to address challenges thrown up by the expanding digital ecosystem. The process aimed at bridging gaps in the current regulations, especially with respect to the “Big Tech<\/a> platform” is in the final stages.
Last Thursday, at an open house consultation on the proposed changes to the IT Rules of 2021, Minister of State for Electronics, and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that intermediaries should not cite “high costs” as an excuse to get themselves out of the mandatory compliance necessities, while noting that the government was open to changing the rules as the ecosystem developed.
Section 69A of the IT Act empowers a competent central government officer to direct the blocking of public access to any information within the geographical limits of India, available on any computer resource, if it is a threat to the sovereignty and integrity, defence, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order.
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Twitter印度“最后机会”遵循它的规则
电子和信息技术(MeitY)行动是Twitter的“一再失败行为内容拆下来通知发送69条款下的行为”以及“不通知发布内容,对“官员知道告诉等。
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电子和信息技术(MeitY)行动推特“s”一再失败采取行动的内容可拆卸的通知发送69条款下的行为”以及“不通知发布内容,对“官员知道告诉等。
在通知发送Monday-which回顾了本部门指出,微博平台未能遵守通知发送6月6日和6月9日。
“尽管重复通知和给他们机会采取行动,Twitter继续留在违反。因此,对(it)正在采取适当的行动,”一位高级官员表示,并补充称,“所有在印度经营的中介机构必须遵守它的规则在字母和精神。”
MeitY通知——写给Twitter首席合规官指出,“如果Twitter inc .继续违反这些行为方向,因此,重要的后果这法案为准。”
可以容易的惩罚
这包括“失去免疫力可用()一个中介在小节(1)第79条的行为,(将)容易惩罚犯罪规定的法案2000。”
然而,它是不清楚,具体内容可拆卸的通知Twitter没有回应或采取行动。MeitY通知也没有提到相同的。
Twitter印度没有回复直到截稿时间等的查询开发。
可以肯定的是,这其中并不是第一个实例这部门警告Twitter的可能性丧失中介地位不遵从法规根据它法。
2021年5月,当规则2021年生效,MeitY Twitter发出了类似的警告,要求其任命一位居民不满官,首席合规官居民以及节点接触人或失去保护授予它79条款下的行为。
根据这个法律,一个互联网中介不能承担责任——法律或其他任何第三方的信息,数据或通信链路所主持或在其平台上可用的用户。
随后,Twitter已经任命高管在所有所需的角色和已经通知它的遵守规范。
过去一年,Twitter已经封锁了在印度80块内容或用户处理基于合法政府的请求,中介说腔数据库上披露,透明的互联网档案馆社会媒体中介机构提交的报告。
根据扣缴其政策内容为一个特定的地理、微博平台屏蔽特定内容或处理只有在接收到一个有效的法律请求政府的国家。
“付仅限于特定的管辖权/内容的国家决心是非法的,”Twitter的国家保留政策状态。
监管改革
卫生部的最新通知总部位于旧金山的公司即使印度提出全面改革的规则解决挑战扩大数字生态系统。过程旨在弥合差距在当前的法规,特别是对“大型科技股平台”在最后阶段。
上周四,在一个开放的家里磋商提出的更改规则2021,电子、部长和信息技术Rajeev钱德拉塞卡表示,中介机构不应引用“高成本”为借口,摆脱强制遵守的必需品,同时指出政府改变规则随着生态系统的发展。
69条款的行为赋予中央政府主管官员直接阻塞公共访问印度的地理范围内的任何信息,可以在任何计算机的资源,如果它是一个威胁主权和完整性、国防、国家安全,与外国的友好关系国家或公共秩序。
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