New IT rules only to tackle misuse of social media, give users redressal mechanism, says Ravi Shankar Prasad
Amid Twitter and WhatsApp pushing back against the government’s new rules for social media platforms, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the rules only benefit the over 100 crore users of such platforms by giving them a means to address their grievances. Rules give redressal mechanism to users, says Prasad With Twitter and WhatsApp up in arms against the government’s new guidelines for social media platforms, IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told The Hindu these guidelines are to deal with the issue of misuse of such platforms. He stressed that these rules only give a redressal mechanism to the users, with complaints to be handled between the users and the social media intermediary. Edited Excerpts: Some social media firms have raised concern over the clause relating to employees being jailed under the new Rules As per the Rule 4, social media platforms need to appoint a chief compliance officer who shall be responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act and the rules thereunder and shall be liable in any proceeding relating to third party information where he/she fails to make sure that due diligence was followed by the intermediary.
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