The Union government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party is having a strong stand on the policies the social media giants have to follow. Earlier, the executives of Twitter were served notices a few times asking them to follow the rules here. The Supreme Court also told the executives that the law of the land should be followed.
The Twitter administration changed as the world’s richest person Elon Musk bought the social media giant recently. After this many thought that India might change its stand on social media policies.
Surprising everyone the Indian government reacted to the news and made sure that the platforms should follow the rules no matter who is the owner of the platform. A Union Minister said that irrespective of the owner of the platforms they have to follow the rules.
Reacting to the change in the leadership of Twitter, Minister of State for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that no matter who is the owner of the platforms they have to follow the rules. “Our rules and laws for intermediaries remain the same regardless of who owns the platforms,” the Minister said.
It appears like India is not ready to take a back step here and the government is expecting Twitter to follow the rules irrespective of the owner of the platform. It’s interesting to know how Elon Musk would react to the strong nature of India.
