Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter won’t change India’s expectation that it’ll adjust to the nation’s guidelines for such firms, a authorities minister instructed Reuters on Friday, including that India’s new IT guidelines could be out in days.
Twitter in July requested an Indian courtroom to overturn some authorities orders to take away content material from the platform.
Over the previous two years, Indian authorities have requested the corporate to behave on content material resembling accounts supportive of an impartial Sikh state, posts alleged to have unfold misinformation about protests by farmers, and tweets essential of the federal government’s dealing with of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Our guidelines and legal guidelines for intermediaries stay the identical no matter who owns the platforms,” mentioned Rajeev Chandrasekhar, India’s minister of state for electronics and knowledge expertise. “So, the expectation of compliance with Indian legal guidelines and guidelines stays.”
Requested about what the federal government thought concerning the ban on Twitter for people resembling Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, Chandrasekhar didn’t reply instantly however mentioned India’s new amended IT guidelines could be launched on Friday or Saturday after months of session.
Ranaut, who was banned from Twitter final 12 months for violating its guidelines on hateful conduct and abusive behaviour, took to Instagram on Friday to applaud articles about Musk’s takeover.
Ranaut, an ardent supporter of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, additionally shared requests from customers who appealed to Musk to revive her Twitter account.