{"id":663,"date":"2021-09-28T14:50:42","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T14:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldprivacylaw.com\/?p=663"},"modified":"2021-09-28T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T14:50:42","slug":"twitter-complies-with-new-it-rule-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldprivacylaw.com\/?p=663","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Complies with New IT Rule, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the matter of <strong>Amit Acharya VS. Union Of India<\/strong>, a Writ Petition no. 5626 was filed before the High Court of Delhi raising the question of non-compliance of New IT rules 2021.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) said Twitter has acknowledged that the personnel (CCO, Nodal Contact Person and RGO) are appointed as the company\u2019s employees and not as \u2018contingent workers\u2019. The Centre has informed the Hon\u2019ble Delhi High Court that Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) and Nodal Contact Person in compliance with the new IT Rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MEITY, in the short affidavit, said \u201c<em>Twitter has acknowledged that the personnel (CCO, Nodal Contact Person and RGO) are appointed as the company\u2019s employees and not as \u2018contingent workers\u2019. Twitter has provided the names of the said appointed personnel and their respective position also. The said Affidavit by Twitter mentions their employment date as 4<\/em><em><sup>th<\/sup><\/em><em> August 2021. Twitter has further enclosed their employment contracts along with the said Affidavit as proof of such appointments,<\/em>\u201d the Ministry said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So the newly appointed <strong>Resident Grievance officer is \u201cShri Vinay Prakash\u201d <\/strong>(click here to know more details- <a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/report-twitter-abuse-india\">https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/report-twitter-abuse-india<\/a>) earlier Mr Dharmedra Chatur (a lawyer working in a law firm was appointed as an interim Nodal Contact Person and Resident Grievance Officer. However, the name of other officers still seems to be under packed sealed affidavit.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prima facie, Twitter has appointed Chief Compliance Officer, Resident Grievance Officer and Nodal Contact Person in Compliance with recently amended IT Rules,\u201d Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma, appearing for the Centre, told The Hon\u2019ble Delhi Court on Tuesday. The Hon\u2019ble court said that Twitter\u2019s Affidavit on its Compliance with IT Rules was \u201cfinally on record\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Ethics Code) Rule, 2021 seek to regulate dissemination and publication of content in cyberspace, including social media platforms and were notified in February by the Central Government. Read our earlier articles and know the past stories &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/worldprivacylaw.com\/?p=373\">https:\/\/worldprivacylaw.com\/?p=373<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The matter is posted for the next hearing on the 5<sup>th<\/sup> of October 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Picture credit- https:\/\/www.barandbench.com\/ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the matter of Amit Acharya VS. 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