Twitter loses Intermediary status in India

raorajesh writes: Twitter has lost its Intermediary status after it failed to comply with recently revised Information Technology regulations by the Indian government. Twitter failed to appoint a full-time officer in charge of compliance in India, its country managing director will be criminally liable for inflammatory or hateful remarks on the platform. The first case in which Twitter can face charges for third party content was filed on Tuesday in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in connection with an alleged assault on an elderly Muslim man on June 5.


Losing Intermediary status means that it will be seen as a publisher of all content on its platform. Twitter will now be open to lawsuits and legal proceedings for content. Twitter representatives on Friday appeared before a bipartisan parliamentary panel that had called the social media company to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens' rights and preventing misuse of online platforms.. Twitter grilled by MPs over violating new IT Rules

Twitter has 17.5 Million users in India.

Total number of internet users in India is about 750 Million in 2021 and projected to grow to nearly a Billion by 2025