Social firms don’t want to deal with state-level officers

BENGALURU: Internet and social media companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter have asked the Election Commission of India for leeway to deal with only the three nodal officers in Delhi trained to identify potentially unlawful content on their platforms. At a meeting with the EC on Wednesday, representatives of these companies said they would prefer to take directions from these officers alone and not from state-level officials, according to two people aware of the discussions.

“They are concerned that too many people may have the power to censor content on their platforms, if the 36 nodal officials in states also direct them to take down content,” said one of the people cited above.

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