Facebook, Twitter And Other Social Media Apps may not be able to operate in India from May 26

Will Facebook, Twitter And Other Social Media Apps to be blocked in India tomorrow?

 

The new rules come into effect on May 26, 2021, and according  to the sources, if the social media companies do not comply, they are liable to lose their status and protections as intermediaries and criminal action can also be taken as per existing laws of India.

Earlier this year on February 25, 2021, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) gave a three-month deadline to social media platforms to comply with the new rules according to Digital Ethics Code.

The rules include appointment of compliance officials, giving their name and contact address in India, complaint resolution, monitoring of objectionable content, compliance report and removal of objectionable content. So far, no company except for one has reportedly appointed any such officials.

 

Synopsis

Significant social media intermediaries- Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter- were given three months time to comply with India's new IT rules, the deadline for which expires on May 26, but none of them have done so.