We Aim To Comply With Provisions Of The IT Rules, Says Facebook As Deadline Ends Today

"Facebook remains committed to people’s ability to freely and safely express themselves on our platform," the spokesperson said on Tuesday.

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New Delhi: Facebook has finally commented on the rules issued by the IT Ministry on February after which social media platforms were given three months to comply with these rules.

Facebook said that it aims to comply with the provisions of the IT rules and continue to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with the government.

The government's rules will come into effect from May 26th, which is three months after the new rules under Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code Rules, 2021 were notified to the social media platforms.

A Facebook spokesperson was quoted by ANI as saying, "We aim to comply with the provisions of the IT rules and continue to discuss a few of the issues which need more engagement with the government. Pursuant to the IT rules, we are working to implement operational processes and improve efficiencies".

"Facebook remains committed to people’s ability to freely and safely express themselves on our platform," the spokesperson continued.

These social media platforms are likely to lose their protections as intermediaries a top official revealed on Monday to IANS.

"If social media companies do not obey the rules, they may lose their status and protections as intermediaries and may become liable for criminal action as per the existing laws of India," top official told IANS.

The rules include, a requirement to appoint a Chief Compliance Officer, a Nodal Contact Person and a Resident Grievance Officer in India who have to publicly post name and contact address and that the grievance officer must acknowledge the complaint within 24 hours and dispose it of within 15 days and provide reasons to the complainant of any action/inaction.

Facebook finally revealed its decision today as most platforms have replied that they will await instructions from their company headquarters in the US.