Twitter appoints interim Chief Compliance Officer for India, to share details with IT ministry soon

The government had issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to "immediately" comply with the new IT rules

Days after the government pulled up Twitter for not complying with the new IT rules, the microblogging platform on Tuesday said it has appointed an interim Chief Compliance Officer and added that the details of the official will be shared with the IT Ministry directly soon.

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, a spokesperson from Twitter said.

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An interim Chief Compliance Officer has been retained and details will be shared with the Ministry directly soon, the spokesperson added.

The appointment of a compliance officer is significant as the US-based company has been facing heat over delay in complying with the IT rules that mandate large digital platforms to undertake greater due diligence, and make them more accountable and responsible for the content that is hosted.

Recently, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had issued a second notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to “immediately” comply with the new IT rules.

Following this, Twitter had assured the Indian government that it is in the advanced stages of finalising the appointment of a chief compliance officer and that it will submit additional details within a week.

As per new social media intermediary rules which came into force from May 26, significant social media intermediaries — those with over 50 lakh users — are required to appoint a grievance officer, a nodal officer and a chief compliance officer. These officers have to be residents of India.

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