Twitter agrees to comply with Indian laws, express concern on police visit to its offices
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New Delhi, May 27: After Google, Social media giants Twitter on Thursday agreed to comply with the New IT Rules 2021, amid its ongoing tussle with the Central government. Twitter released the statement and said it will strive to comply with applicable law and will be strictly guided by principles of transparency.
Its statement reads, "Twitter is deeply committed to the people of India. To keep our service available, we will strive to comply with applicable law in India."
The social giant also said that Twitter will continue to be strictly guided by principles of transparency, a commitment to empowering every voice on the service, and protecting freedom of expression and privacy under the rule of law. The microblogging website, however, also said it planned to ask for changes in the rules to "elements that inhibit free, open conversation".
On the other hand, Twitter also expressed concern about recent events regarding our employees in India and the “potential threat to freedom of expression for the people they serve.” Twitter said that it has concerns with regards to the use of intimidation tactics by the police in response to enforcement of its global Terms of Service, as well as the core elements of the new IT rules.
"Concerned by recent events regarding our employees in India&potential threat to freedom of expression for people we serve. We've concerns with regards to intimidation police's tactics in response to enforcement of global Terms of Service&core elements of new IT Rules," Twitter said.
The social media giant further said, "We plan to advocate for changes to elements of these regulations that inhibit free, open public conversation. We will continue our constructive dialogue with the Indian Government and believe it is critical to adopt a collaborative approach. It is the collective responsibility of elected officials, industry, and civil society to safeguard the interests of the public."
Twitter issued the statement two after the Special Cell of the Delhi Police had visited offices of Twitter India in Delhi and Gurgaon in connection with its probe into the Congress toolkit conspiracy. "The Delhi police team went to the Twitter office to serve a notice to Twitter, as a part of a routine process. This was necessitated as we wanted to ascertain who is the right person to serve a notice, as replies by Twitter India MD have been very ambiguous," the police had said.
Twitter has been on the radar of the government and the police after it marked posts by BJP leaders on an alleged "Congress toolkit" as "manipulated media".
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