Twitter: Amidst a legal battle with the Indian government over content blocking orders Twitter banned 45,191 accounts of Indian users in the month of July for violating the guidelines. The microblogging platform has given this information in its monthly compliance report on Friday. In its monthly compliance report, it has IT Rule As of 2021, Twitter suspended 42,825 accounts in India for promoting child s*xual abuse, non-consensual nudity and similar content, while another 2,366 accounts were blocked for promoting terrorism Is.

Ensured action on 70 complaints

The microblogging platform received 874 complaints and processed 70 complaints in the country through its local complaints mechanism between June 26 and July 25. In June, Twitter banned more than 43,140 accounts of Indian users.

Twitter said in the report, “While we welcome everyone to express themselves on our platform, we cannot tolerate behavior that uses fear, intimidation or harass.

Action being taken under the new IT rule

Under the new IT Rules 2021, large digital and social media platforms with more than 5 million users are required to publish a monthly compliance report. Twitter receives complaints in its Grievance Officer-India channel regarding verification of an account, access to an account, or seeking assistance or information regarding an account or Twitter’s enforcement actions.

The company will take such steps in future also

In addition, Twitter processed 124 complaints appealing for account suspensions. The company has said that all these have been resolved and appropriate responses have been sent. We have not withdrawn the suspension of any of these accounts after reviewing the specifics of the situation. In future also, the company will continue to take such necessary steps, so that wrong content can be stopped.

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