Govt gets tough: Twitter gets final notice to comply with new rules

Hardening its stance, the government on Saturday issued a final notice to microblogging site Twitter, giving it one last chance to comply with the new Information Technology Rules, warning of ‘unintended consequences’ that could lead the company to lose exemption from liability as an intermediary, and action against it under Rule 7 of the new rules.

The government has said though the new rules came into force from May 26, “as gesture of goodwill, Twitter Inc is hereby given one last notice to immediately comply with the rules, failing which the exemption from liability available under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000, shall stand withdrawn and Twitter shall be liable for consequences as per the IT Act and other penal laws of India”.