Twitter says police visit to its Indian offices a form of gov’t intimidation

Details:

• Twitter said it will have a constructive dialogue with the Indian government to reach a collaborative approach in an attempt to safeguard the interests of people. It asked the government for three more months to comply with the new rules.
• The social media firm also said that the new IT rules that make a compliance officer responsible for content on the platform comes across as a “dangerous overreach” that does not represent open and democratic principles.

Context:

• The development comes a day after WhatsApp filed a lawsuit against the Indian government’s new digital rules that would compel the company to break privacy protections for users.
• According to the new rules set by the Indian government, social media companies will need to set up a grievance response mechanism and take down content within 36 hours from when the government requests them to.