Law of land supreme, Twitter will have to follow rules': IT Minister. He said that whoever is a citizen of India and those who stay in India will have to abide by the laws of the country
Union electronics and information technology (IT) Minister, Ashwini Vaishnav on Thursday underlined that the law of land is Supreme and that Twitter will have to fall in the line and comply with new social media and intermediate guidelines. He said that whoever is a citizen of India and those who stay in India will have to abide by the laws of the country.
Vaishnav's comments came as Twitter has informed the Delhi High Court that it will appoint a grievance redressal officer in line with the controversial guidelines within eight weeks. Twitter's commitment came after the government reiterated the firm's failure in complying would end up the protection provided to it from the action or third-party content and under the safe Harbour clause of the IT Act.
The Government and twitters face-off began over orders seeking blocking of accounts that carried controversial hashtags earlier this year. Twitter later raised concerns regarding "intimidation tactics by the police and the core elements of the new guidelines. This prompted a strong response from the government, which warned the firm against attempting to dictate terms.
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