Twitter non-compliant with IT rules on May 26, named officials as contingent arrangement later: MoS IT

NEW DELHI: Twitter was non-compliant with the IT rules on May 26 when the new regulations came into effect but the microblogging platform has subsequently appointed a chief compliance officer and a resident grievance officer as a contingent arrangement, Parliament was informed on Thursday.

Twitter has also informed the IT ministry about its physical contact address in India, and has published a compliance report for June 2021, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

Chandrasekhar also said the statement made by Twitter earlier in May expressing concerns over potential threat to freedom of expression and staff safety was possibly an effort to divert attention from its non-compliance to IT Rules and Indian laws at that stage.