Twitter names grievance officer, files user report

NEW DELHI: Twitter has appointed a local grievance officer for India, besides filing a monthly compliance report on censure of objectionable and unlawful content, in an indication that the American micro-blogging giant is falling in line with the new IT rules mandated by the government.

Vinay Prakash was on Sunday named as the key officer meant to address user grievances. He would sit out of the company’s local office in Bangalore and work alongside Twitter’s global officer Jeremy Kessel, who is based out of San Francisco.

The move comes days after the Delhi high court refused interim protection to Twitter and allowed the Centre to act against it for any violation of the new IT rules. Twitter was also asked to regularise the appointment of designated officers within two weeks.