Amid congressional criticism for blocking Rahul Gandhi’s account, Twitter transfers head of India to US

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ANI | Updated: Aug 13, 2021 at 11:33 PM IST

New Delhi [India], Aug 13 (ANI): Twitter India chief executive Manish Maheshwari has been appointed to a new U.S.-based position, a senior company executive said on Friday. Rahul Gandhi and other senior party leaders, as well as the official Indian National Congress (INC) handle for breaking the rules of the microblogging site. A Twitter spokesperson told ANI: “We can confirm that Manish is staying on Twitter and moving to a new San Francisco-based role as Senior Director of Revenue Strategy and Entry-Driven Operations. in new markets. Confirming the same, Twitter Japan Vice President Yu Sasamoto tweeted: “Thanks to @manishm for your leadership on our Indian business over the past 2+ years. Congratulations on your new role based in United States in charge of revenue strategy and operations for new global markets. Glad to see you leading this important growth opportunity for Twitter. “Previously, Twitter had blocked the official accounts of the former minister of the IT Ravi Shankar Prasad and Congressman Shashi Tharoor. On June 25, Ravi Shankar Prasad took to the Koo app to say that Twitter denied him access to his account for alleged violation of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The former trade union minister had claimed that the actions of the microblogging site were in flagrant violation of IT rules 2021.

Moments later, Tharoor said he was also faced with a similar situation. Tharoor, who is also the chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, said he would seek an explanation from Twitter India for the procedures they follow when operating in India and the lockdown of his account and that of Ravi Shankar Prasad. The Union’s Department of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) said on June 5 it had given Twitter one final notice to comply with the new rules for social media companies. The ministry said in the letter that the new rules for guidelines on intermediaries came into effect on May 26. “The major social media intermediary provisions under the rules have already come into effect on May 26, 2021 and it’s been over a week, but Twitter has refused to comply with the provisions of those rules. Needless to say, that such non-compliance will result in unintended consequences, including the loss of Twitter’s disclaimer of liability as an intermediary available under section 79 of the Information Technology (IT) Act 2000. This was clearly provided for by rule 7 of the aforementioned rules, “he said. On June 9, Twitter wrote to the government that it was doing everything to comply with the new guidelines for social media companies and appointed a Nodal Contract Person (NCP) and Resident Grievance Officer (RGO) on a contract basis and was in advance of “finalizing the appointment to the position of Compliance Officer”, reported sources. (ANI)

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