CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Twitter has lost its ‘safe harbour’ protection in India over non-compliance with IT rules and failure to appoint key personnel mandated under the new guidelines, despite repeated reminders, and the platform will now be liable for action under the Indian Penal Code for third party unlawful content, sources said.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a court filing on Monday, New Delhi said Twitter has lost its immunity in India after the American social network failed to comply with the new local IT rules, which were unveiled in February and went into effect in late May.

Detailed explanation-3: -Twitter will lose its intermediary status if it does not comply with the new IT rules by July 4 2022.

Detailed explanation-4: -The safe harbour rule or Section 79 of the IT Act offers an intermediary status to social media organisations. This status exempts them and gives them immunity from liabilities for any third-party content.

Detailed explanation-5: -Safe Harbour refers to a legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability in certain situations as long as certain conditions are met. A safe Harbour is a provision of a statute or a regulation that specifies that certain conduct will be deemed not to violate a given rule.