Centre issues notice to Twitter; sets July 4 deadline to comply with all govt orders

government has issued a notice to Twitter to comply with all its past orders by July 4, an official source said on Wednesday.

Ministry of Electronics and IT has set a deline of July 4, failing which Twitter may lose intermediary status, which means it will be liable for all comments posted on its platform.

"A notice was issued on June 27 to Twitter to comply with all government orders issued till date. Twitter was issued notices earlier this month but it did not comply with it. This is final notice," a government source told PTI.

Email query sent to Twitter elicited no immediate response.

Twitter has been at loggerhes with government on several occasions.

On June 26, microblogging site submitted a list of over 80 Twitter accounts and tweets that it has blocked based on a request from government in 2021.

request from government was to block multiple accounts and some tweets from international vocacy group Freedom House, journalists, politicians and supporters of farmers' protest.

government source, however, said that re are several or orders, with which Twitter is yet to comply and y have been given a final deline of July 4 for compliance. PTI PRS ANZ DRR