Twitter India releases its transparency report under new IT rules

Twitter India on Sunday published its transparency report in accordance with the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules (IT Rules), 2021.

It published the data it received via its grievance offi­cer between May 26, 2021, and June 25, 2021, that included content on Twitter. It also includes complaints received from individual users with accompanying court orders.

According to the data, Twitter in India received the highest number of complaints, 20, relating to defamation. It took action on 87 URLs based on these complaints.

The microblogging platform received 6 complaints relating to abuse/harassment, and took action on 38 URLs based