Twitter is no hero
Early on it seemed like Twitter was fighting the good fight. Increasingly, though, its India strategy appears more harebrained than anything else.
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Editor's note: Three separate incidents deserve your attention. One. Yesterday, the Delhi High Court hauled up Twitter for not complying with India’s new information and technology rules and failing to appoint a grievance redressal officer. Hearing a public interest litigation case filed by an individual named Amit Acharya, the court asked Twitter if it has complied with India’s IT Rules. Twitter said it hasn’t yet. That, in fact, it is in the process of complying with them. The bench was not pleased. It had been 41 days since the controversial intermediary guidelines under the IT Act came into play. The bench said that Twitter couldn’t take forever to comply. It has now given the company two days to respond on all aspects of compliance. “Let things be clear. Let everyone know what your stand is. Come to us with your answers day after tomorrow,” the bench said. The second incident: Some 2,000 km away from the action in the Delhi High Court, the Karnataka High Court, which was hearing another matter about Twitter, gave the Uttar Pradesh police a dressing down. The …
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