26/05/2021
Twitter Instagram Facebook may face a ban in india
Three months back on February 25th the central government (MEIT) announced guidelines for social media and further asked companies like Facebook, Instagram, and other companies to comply with these rules before May 25
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.
However none of the top social media companies except Koo have reportedly adhered to the new rules
This kind of activity from the companies raises a serious question of whether these companies are not taking the government guidelines seriously or they are not willing to do it.
The new rules come into effect on May 26 2021 and according to this rules if the social media companies do not take this issue serious and if they refused to comply
The companies are liable to lose their status and protections as intermediaries
And also criminal action can be taken against the companies as per existing laws of India.
The source from the government said that these social media companies are coming up with several excuses like seeking more time up to six months for furnishing compliance
But others have claimed that they are waiting for instruction from US headquarters.
The sad part in this issue is that these companies earn profits in india but they await orders from US
However the social media platforms like Twitter Facebook Instagram may get ban in two days in india
