Under fire from the government, Twitter India on Saturday informed the Delhi High Court that an interim grievance officer has been appointed in the wake of Dharmendra Chatur stepping down from the post.
The United States-based social networking platform told the court that it is in the final stages of hiring a full-time resident grievance officer in accordance with the new IT Rules.
After Dharmendra Chatur resigned from the post, Twitter appointed its California-based global legal policy director Jeremy Kessel as the new grievance officer for India. However, the new IT Rules call for an Indian resident for the role.
Twitter filed an affidavit in response to a notice issued by the Delhi High Court over the micro-blogging website's alleged non-compliance with the new information technology rules.
According to the new Information Technology Rules, 2021, social media companies had time till May 25 to comply. Non-compliance with the digital rules would result in these platforms, including twitter, losing the intermediary status that provides them immunity from liabilities over any third-party data hosted by them.