Parliamentary Committee Calls Twitter Officials For Meeting Over Privacy Concerns, Misuse Of Social Media

Recently, there has been a constant tussle between Twitter and the central government regarding compliance with new IT rules.

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New Delhi: The parliamentary committee has called Twitter officials for a meeting wherein questions will be raised regarding the concerns of privacy and misuse of social media.

Twitter officials will appear before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Friday amid the ongoing tussle with the central government. The agenda of meeting called by the committee is to discuss the misuse of social media platforms in the light of civil rights and women's safety.

Notably, officials of the Ministry of Information Technology will also attend the meeting of the Standing Committee slated to be held at 4 pm on Friday in the Parliament House.

Recently, there has been a constant tussle between Twitter and the central government regarding compliance with new IT rules.

The Ministry of Information Technology has revoked the third-party status granted to the microblogging platform due to the delay and hesitation in the compliance of the new rules by Twitter.

Along with this, the exemption given to Twitter from legal interference being a third-party platform has also been withdrawn. The third-party status ensured that Twitter was not responsible for the posts made by any user. Along with the waiver, Delhi Police have also registered a case against Twitter officials for spreading fake news.

Previously, there was another dispute between the chairman of this standing committee Shashi Tharoor and its member and BJP MP Nishikant Dubey.

Nishikant Dubey had written a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla demanding the removal of Tharoor from the post of chairman alleging that he was misusing the standing committee to further the agenda of Congress and its former president Rahul Gandhi.

The issue of the alleged Congress toolkit was brought up by Shashi Tharoor when he sought a direct response to the claims by BJP leaders from the IT Ministry. Tharoor had contended that as the chairman of the committee, he had the right to seek answers from the government.

(With Inputs By Prashant)