GoI issues final notice to Twitter in connection with new IT rules compliance. Govt warns of legal consequences if compliance ignored . https://www.financialexpress.com/industry/technology/govt-issues-final-notice-to-twitter-to-comply-with-it-rules/2265717/ June 05, 2021 "The government on Saturday issued a notice to Twitter giving it one last chance to “immediately” comply with the new IT rules and warned that failure to adhere to the norms will lead to the platform losing exemption from liability under the IT Act.
"Twitter has not informed about the details of the Chief Compliance Officer as required under the Rules,” it said.
"Also, resident grievance officer and the nodal contact person nominated by the company is not an employee of Twitter Inc in India as prescribed in the rules, the ministry said and added that office address of Twitter Inc as mentioned by the company “is that of a law firm in India, which is not as per the rules”."
LIABILITY OF ISPS & INTERMEDIARY IN INDIA https://indiancaselaws.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/cyber-defamation-liabilities-of-internet-service-providers-isps-and-intermediary.pdf
As per Section 79 of the IT Act, ISPs are not liable for any third party information, data, or communication link made available or hosted by them so long as-
1.their function is limited to only providing access to communication system;
2.they do not-(a)initiate transmission;(b)select the receiver of the transmission, and(c)select or modify the information contained in the transmission
3.they exercise duediligence in their duties and adhere to any guidelines which may be prescribed
However, ISPs can be held liable in the following situations-
1.If they have conspired, abetted or induced in the unlawful act,
2.If, they fail to expeditiously remove or disable access to any information, data or communication link upon receiving the knowledge or on being notified by appropriate Government agency that such information, data or communication link is being used to commit unlawful act without interfering with the evidence