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By Krishna N. Das
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter is not going to change India’s expectation that it’s going to adjust to the nation’s guidelines for such corporations, a authorities minister informed Reuters on Friday, including that India’s new IT guidelines can be out in days.
Twitter in July requested an Indian court docket 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 akin to accounts supportive of an unbiased Sikh state, posts alleged to have unfold misinformation about protests by farmers, and tweets vital 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 data know-how. “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 akin to Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, Chandrasekhar didn’t reply immediately however mentioned India’s new amended IT guidelines can be launched on Friday or Saturday after months of session.
Ranaut, who was banned from Twitter final yr 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.
