Facebook, Twitter, YouTube Asked To Remove Fake Accounts Within 24 Hours of Complaint
The government of India has mandated top social media companies like Facebook, Twitter, and Google to remove accounts with fake profile pictures of known personalities and businesses, and even the general user within 24 hours of being notified of the same by the user or someone on the user’s behalf. This comes as part of the new IT rules and social media giants will need to act immediately after receiving a complaint to this effect, a report in The Times of India said. Provisions to this effect have been added to the new IT Rules for social media companies, and they have to take remedial action within a day after being notified by a user,” an official told TOI. The IT ministry’s diktat comes under the grievance redressal mechanism that has been prescribed for social media platforms, and makes it contingent on the firms to remove any content that is deemed offensive or inappropriate.
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