Chennai: Amid speculations that social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter will be banned in India for their non-compliance to the new guidelines, the companies have said that they were working on implementing the new rules.
Google and Facebook said they are working on complying with the new rules, deadline of implementing which ended on 25 May.
Google cited its ‘long history’ of managing content according to local laws to assure the Indian government of its continuing efforts to ensure legal compliance.
“We respect India’s legislative process and have a long history of responding to government requests to remove content where the content violates the local law or our product policies. We have consistently invested in significant product changes, resources, and personnel to ensure that we’re combating illegal content in an effective and fair way, and in order to comply with local laws in the jurisdictions that we operate in,” a Google spokesperson said.
As these social media giants are not headquartered in India, they will have to appoint a chief compliance officer, nodal contact person and resident grievance officer.
These platforms will have to remove any content flagged by the authorities within 36 hours.