In Spotlight Over War With Centre, Twitter's Grievance Officer Resigns

Twitter has been shut down in a month-long standoff with the BJP-led government at the Centre, over protests by farmers, defamation of BJP leaders, and requests to delete tweets in support of the recent new rules. issues have been requested. 
The new rules for social networking websites - involving India-based compliance officers and other terms - have sparked controversy, raising concerns that Twitter may no longer enjoy protection against user-generated content.

On May 31, Twitter told the Delhi High Court that it was appointing Dharmendra Chatur, an associate of a law firm, as its interim grievance redressal officer. The government, however, said it cannot accept the appointment of outsiders to legal posts.

Since then, relations between the police and the government in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh have soured and Twitter chief Manish Maheshwari has been called out for failing to stop the release of a video allegedly aimed at inciting religious discord. This case is likely to be the first time a social media company has been held accountable for user-generated content in a democracy. The government says Twitter has lost legal protection for such posts because it does not meet the requirements of the new law.

The new rules, or so-called arbitration guidelines, announced in February, aim to regulate content on social media firms like Facebook, WhatsApp Messenger, and Twitter, prompting them to delete posts and share legal information. Making you more responsive to legal requests. Beginning of message.

The rules also require large social media companies to set up grievance redressal mechanisms and appoint new officers to coordinate law enforcement.

A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on Sunday but said in a statement that the company was making "every effort" to comply with the rules.