Twitter Appoints Interim Official for Compliance, Says Will Share Details

A spokesperson of Twitter said the company "continues to make every effort" to comply with the new guidelines and is keeping the IT Ministry apprised of progress at every step

Twitter has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer as mandated by the Centre's new laws, the social media platform said in a statement this evening.  The details of the official will soon be shared be shared with the IT Ministry. Twitter had initially expressed concern as the new rules came into effect last month and after several warnings from the Ministry of Electronics and IT, appointed an Indian interim grievance redressal officer. This evening, a spokesperson said the company "continues to make every effort" to comply with the new guidelines and is keeping the IT Ministry apprised of progress at every step of the process, reported news agency Press Trust of India. An interim Chief Compliance Officer has been retained and details will be shared with the Ministry directly, the spokesperson added. The move by the social media platform comes after the Centre issued notice to Twitter, accusing it of non-compliance. The company was told that it had one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules and a failure would lead to its losing exemption from liability under the IT Act. Last week, Twitter had assured the government that it was in the process of finalising the appointment.