"Won't Protect If Centre Acts Over Non-Compliance": High Court To Twitter

Twitter gave a time frame two days after Delhi High Court warned that it cannot take "as long as it wants" in this country to appoint an India-based officer for it to comply with country's new IT rules.

Twitter will not enjoy legal protection if it does not follow India's new information technology rules, which includes clauses like appointing compliance officers based in the country, the Delhi High Court told the social media giant on Thursday. The court also asked all interim officers appointed by Twitter to file affidavits stating they would take responsibility for the duties tasked to them. Earlier in the day, Twitter sought eight weeks' time to appoint a grievance officer in India, telling the Delhi High Court that it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer, who is a resident of India, two days ago. It said an interim grievance officer will be appointed by July 11 and that an interim nodal contact person will be appointed in two weeks.