The Centre on Saturday issued a notice to microblogging platform Twitter asking it to comply with the new IT rules, which were to be implemented by May 26. Here are 10 things you need to know about the ongoing government versus Twitter1. After the farmers' rally on Republic Day in Delhi turned violent, the government asked Twitter to take action against some accounts, but Twitter was not prompt in responding to the request. The Centre said that Twitter was being misused for planning string social media campaigns to create disharmony and unrest in India. Promoting vaccine hesitancy has been rampantly done through the use of the Twitter platform and yet Twitter has taken no action.

Source: Hindustan Times June 05, 2021 09:31 UTC