New Delhi: Twitter Inc.
no longer enjoys the responsibility for the content produced by users in India because the US microblogging giant has failed to comply with its new rules, the Indian government said in court.
This statement is the first time the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has officially said Twitter has lost its immunity after repeatedly criticizing the company for non-compliance.
Public disputes and spat have raised concerns that American companies will find it difficult to do business in the midst of a more stringent regulation environment.
The IT Ministry of India told the High Court in New Delhi that Twitter non-compliance with violations of the provisions of the IT law, caused US companies to lose their immunity, according to submission on July 5 came in the case submitted by Twitter users who want to complain about a few tweets of slander in The platform, and said the company did not comply with new laws that needed a certain new executive appointment.
Twitter refused to comment.
The company previously said it made all efforts to obey.
The new Indian IT rules that are effective end – can be intended to regulate content in social media companies and make them more responsible for legal demand to remove posting and share details on the originator of the message.
Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has slammed Twitter because it was deliberately against the law and said all social media companies had to comply with new rules.
In recent weeks, because the groan groans between New Delhi and Twitter, Indian police have submitted at least five cases against their companies or officials, including several related children and controversial Indian pornography on the page of his career.
Police in two countries have named the head of Indian Twitter Manish Maheshwari in complaints.
Separately, Uttar Pradesh has been challenging at the Supreme Court for the police action against Maheshwari, after a lower court protect Him against the arrest of charges used to spread hatred.