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Twitter loses intermediary status in India

Twitter loses intermediary status in India, over non-compliance of new IT rules. The government sources on Wednesday said that micro-blogging platform Twitter has lost its intermediary status in India over non-compliance of the new IT rules formulated by the Government of Indian recently. As a result of the development, the company has lost its legal shield in the country from prosecution over it’s user posts. The sources further added that Twitter will be liable for the content when it comes to it being violative of any Indian law. “Twitter has lost intermediary status in India the moment they didn’t comply with new IT rules.” As per reports, Twitter will now be considered as the  editorial publisher of the content  that is shared on its platform instead of being considered as an intermediary platform. This essentially means that if any unlawful content is discovered on Twitter, the Indian government will hold the company responsible instead of the use...