Google to comply with Indian IT rules, Twitter looking for 3 months
New digital rules for social media intermediaries, media outlets and OTT services in India can face several opposition from platforms such as WhatsApp and Twitter. The first has been going to court, while the latter has been looking for 3 months to obey new norms.
But another Biggie, Google, has responded positively to the government. The CEO of Sundar Pichai has said Google plans to obey the rules of the new IT India, who kicked yesterday.
“You know we obey local law and we will approach it with the same framework,” Pichai said.
He said the company had a policy to engage and explain the importance of “information and promotion of free information flow”, but added that Google also respected the legislative process in democratic countries.
“We fully expect the government, right, to research and adopt the regulatory framework, whether it is European or Indian copyright income with information regulations,” he said.
Google will also continue to publish transparency reports where it highlights that moments have fulfilled the request of legal information from the government.
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Twitter seems to be intransiven
While Google seems to be able to receive new Indian government movements, Twitter, which argue with the government about different problems, commonly referred to as “Congress Toolkit Row”, seemed to mean more to sort it.
“At present, we are worried about recent events regarding our employees in India and the potential threat to freedom of expression for the people we serve. We, with many people in civil society in India and throughout the world, have concerns By using use. Tactics intimidation by the police in response to the enforcement of our global service provisions, as well as with the core element of the new rules, “Twitter said today.
From his own run-in with the government, micro-blogging stranded into a new rule by saying that it will “try to comply with applicable laws”, but will request changes to the element in the rules “that hinder free conversations, open”.
Twitter is mainly cut with the requirements to make individuals (compliance officers) criminally responsible for the content on the platform.
Twitter feels this represents a dangerous oversim that is not consistent with the principles that are open and democratic.
Twitter India asked the government to provide a minimum extra time of three months to implement rules.
Now it still has to be seen how the government responds to the hardening of Twitter about its attitude. The Indian government has no Defiance WhatsApp show with the same problem.
The new rules attack hard records
New IT guidelines for social media intermediaries are intended to create entities such as Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and OTT sites that are more responsible and responsible for the content hosted on their platform.
India has announced new intermediary rules on February 25, with the government giving significant social media intermediaries that have more than 50 lakh users, three months to obey.
The new rules require them to reduce any content which is characterized by the authorities within 36 hours and regulate a strong mechanism to respond to complaints. The company has been asked to appoint head compliance officers, which will be responsible for noting unpleasant posts / posts within 24 hours after receiving complaints from competent authority.
They will also be asked to have a physical contact address in India published on its mobile site or mobile application, or both.
But some platforms show resistance to receive the same. Facebook has said that it is in talks with the government to issue problems with new requirements, but will aim to comply with the law.