Mr Vaishnaw was sworn in as union minister on Wednesday and he took over the IT Ministry replacing Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The newly appointed IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, in the backdrop of his predecessor Ravi Shankar Prasad’s tussle with micro-blogging website Twitter over compliance of new IT rules, said the law of the land is supreme and Twitter must follow the rules.
Mr Vaishnaw was sworn in as union minister on Wednesday and he took over the IT Ministry replacing Ravi Shankar Prasad.
The social media giant has earlier told the Delhi High Court that it will take another 8 weeks to appoint a resident grievance officer in compliance with the new IT rules. Twitter said it is in the process of setting up a liaison office in India, while further clarifying its stance on the issue in an affidavit filed before the Delhi High Court.
The American company also said that an interim chief compliance officer had been appointed on July 6, while adding that an interim grievance officer will be appointed by July 11. An interim nodal contact person will be appointed in 2 weeks, Twitter further added.
While Twitter is striving to comply with the 2021 Rules, it reserves the right to challenge the legality, validity and vires of the Rules. Twitter’s submissions regarding compliance are filed without prejudice to its right to challenge the Rules, the popular social media website added.
It will be presenting its first compliance report in accordance with the IT Rules latest by July 11, Twitter further stated.
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