Signal Not in Compliance With New IT Rules, Could Lose Safe Harbour Protection: Report
Signal, the popular privacy-focused messaging app, has not reportedly complied with the new social media and intermediary guidelines in India. The new IT rules that came into being in the country late last month mandates social media companies with over five million users to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, Nodal Officer and Resident Grievance Officer to smoothen the grievance mechanism for citizens. For messaging companies like WhatsApp and Signal, the new IT rules include a traceability clause that requires platforms to locate “the first originator of the information” if required by authorities. Services like iMessage do not fall under the traceability clause since the significant social media intermediaries in the nature of messaging services have to comply,” an official told the publication. So far, several social media giants are complying with the new rules; however, some platforms are protesting against them as they allegedly violate freedom of expression and other human rights.
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