Twitter loses its safe harbour immunity for not fully complying with IT Rules
The new rules require significant social media intermediaries to appoint Indian resident officers on certain positions
Those with above 5 Mn users should appoint a chief compliance officer, nodal officer and grievance officer
Non-compliance with the digital rules would result in these platforms losing the intermediary status
Intermediary status provides immunity from liabilities over any third-party data hosted by the platforms
So far, Facebook, Google and Instagram have submitted their report in compliance with new rules
However, Twitter is yet to submit the report
This led to Twitter losing its legal shield as an intermediary in India
Now, Twitter will be liable for users posting any unlawful content
