Earlier on July 8, Twitter had told the Delhi High Court that it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer, who is a resident of India. Apart from this, the company had also committed to fill up regular posts in eight weeks under the new IT rules.
Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakash as the Resident Grievance Officer for India.
Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakash as the Resident Grievance Officer for India. This information has been given on the company’s website. Twitter was in constant flux for failing to comply with the new Information Technology (IT) rules in India. Under the new IT rules, social media companies with more than 50 lakh users are required to make three key appointments – chief compliance officer, nodal officer and grievance officer. These three officers should be residents of India.
According to the information given on Twitter’s website, Vinay Prakash is the Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) of the company. Users can contact them through the website given on the page. It further said that Twitter can be contacted at this address 4th Floor, The Estate, 121 Dickenson Road, Bangalore-560042. Prakash is named along with the company’s global legal policy director Jeremy Kessel.
Twitter names Vinay Prakash as its Resident Grievance Officer for India pic.twitter.com/zSMyFwAUjj
– ANI (@ANI) July 11, 2021
Twitter has about 1.75 crore users in India
Kessel is located in the US. The company has also published its compliance report for May 26, 2021 to June 25, 2021. This is another requirement under the new IT rules that came into force from May 26. Earlier, Twitter had appointed Dharmendra Chatur as its Interim Resident Grievance Officer for India under IT regulations. Chatur had resigned last month. Twitter has about 1.75 crore users in India. Twitter is having a dispute with the Government of India regarding the new social media rules.
Earlier on July 8, Twitter had told the Delhi High Court that it has appointed an interim chief compliance officer, who is a resident of India. Apart from this, the company had also committed to fill up regular posts in eight weeks under the new IT rules.
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