facebook imstagram tweeter ban after two days??

 

In respect of security govt of India can ban tweeter, Instagram, facebook and many apps if these social media platform fail to accept govt guidelines, the risk losing status as social media platforms and protection as intermediares .

Facebook- facebook has indicated that ir will comply with IT rules but said its committed to people's ability to freely and safely express themselves.

The new rules were announced by govt in the month of February WHICH REQUIRES LARGE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LIKE TWITTER fACEBOOK  AND WHATSAPP TO follow thw additional due to diligence , including appointment of a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer.

On February 25, the government had announced tighter regulations for social media firms, requiring them to remove any content flagged by authorities within 36 hours and setting up a robust complaint redressal mechanism with an officer being based in the country.

The government had set 50 lakh registered users as the threshold for defining 'significant social media intermediary', meaning that large players like Twitter, Facebook and Google would have to comply with additional norms. Announcing the guidelines in February, it had said the new rules take effect immediately, while significant social media providers (based on number of users) will get three months before they need to start complying.

Significant social media companies will also have to publish a monthly compliance report disclosing details of complaints received and action taken, as also details of contents removed proactively. They will also be required to have a physical contact address in India published on its website or mobile app, or both.

As per data cited by the government, India has 53 crore WhatsApp users, 44.8 crore YouTube users, 41 crore Facebook subscribers, 21 crore Instagram clients, while 1.75 crore account holders are on microblogging platform Twitter. Koo has close to 60 lakh users, making it a major social media intermediary under the new guidelines.