Comply by July 4 or lose status as intermediary: Govt to Twitter

The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has given Twitter “one last opportunity” to comply with its blocking orders. In a missive sent on Monday, the ministry warned that if content flagged by it is not taken down by the microblogging platform, the company will risk losing its immunity as an intermediary.

The MeitY notice, addressed to Twitter’s chief compliance officer, said that while a designated officer of the ministry has issued various directions for blocking certain pieces of content and accounts under Section 69(A) of the Information Technology Act, the company has “failed to comply with the directions on multiple occasions”. Section 69(A) of the IT Act empowers the government to issue blocking orders to social media companies.