Explained: Twitter loses legal shield, named in FIR for 'misleading' content

Losing the intermediary status means Twitter will now be liable for all the content on its platform that is considered unlawful or ‘inflammatory’ in nature. If you’d like to brush up on this, we’ve got you covered in an explainer we did when incorrect reports emerged over a “social media ban” earlier this month.https://t.co/ewOM8A8kOJ — Internet Freedom Foundation June 16, 2021 4/ The so-called “intermediary status” is actually a technical qualification as per criteria under the Section 2 of the IT Act. The Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad took to Twitter on Wednesday saying, “the simple fact of the matter is that Twitter has failed to comply with the Intermediary Guidelines that came into effect from the 26th of May.” Prasad further adds that Twitter was given multiple opportunities to comply with the new IT rules, however it has “deliberately chosen the path of non compliance”. — Ravi Shankar Prasad June 16, 2021 “It is astounding that Twitter which portrays itself as the flag bearer of free speech, chooses the path of deliberate defiance when it comes to the Intermediary Guidelines,” Prasad wrote in a tweet. — Ravi Shankar Prasad June 16, 2021 Prasad also said that the viral tweet on the Ghaziabad incident “was illustrative of Twitter’s arbitrariness in fighting fake news”.