Twitter loses legal protection due to non-compliance of new IT rules

Twitter has lost its legal indemnity in India because of its failure to comply with the new IT rules.

Twitter has lost legal protective cover in India over its failure to appoint statutory officers in the company in line with the new IT rules, government sources have said. Sources added that Twitter lost legal indemnity in India after it failed to comply with new social media rules requiring it to appoint key officers in India. Twitter did not comply with rules despite letters from the ministry. No order will be issued to remove intermediary status, sources told India Today.