: ‘Law of land is supreme’: Twitter must follow rules, says new IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw #IndiaNEWS Newly-appointed Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday told Twitter

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‘Law of land is supreme’: Twitter must follow rules, says new IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw #IndiaNEWS
Newly-appointed Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday told Twitter that “the law of land is supreme� and urged the social media company to comply with the new IT rules, reported The Hindu. Vaishnaw, who replaced Ravi Shankar Prasad, was appointed the IT minister on Wednesday.“Whoever is a citizen of India and those who stay in India will have to abide by the laws of the country,� he added.Vaishnaw’s statement came amid tensions between the Centre and Twitter over the new information technology rules. Prasad and the central government have repeatedly criticised Twitter for not fully complying with the rules.The new IT rules are a sweeping set of regulations – which were announced in February and became effective in May – framed to regulate social media companies, streaming and digital news content, virtually bringing them, for the first time, under the ambit of government supervision.On Monday, the Centre had told the Delhi High Court that Twitter had lost its “safe harbour immunity� due to its non-compliance with the regulations. This means that Twitter will be stripped of the protection social media websites have against legal proceedings for unlawful content posted by users if the court accepts the Centre’s submission.Earlier on Thursday, Twitter told the Delhi High Court that it will need eight weeks to appoint a grievance officer...Read more

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