“The Law of Land is Supreme, Twitter must follow the rule,” says the new IT Minister.

On Thursday afternoon, the new IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw fired a warning to Twitter telling the social media giant “the law of the land is supreme” and urging it to follow the rules. 

The warning comes after a series of bitter experiences between the government and twitter over the new IT rule that makes social media websites (with more than 50 lakh users) more accountable for the third-party content, this effectively means Twitter has lost its immunity over user-generated content. 

The company is weeks past the deadline set by the government to appoint an India-based grievance officer. 

Earlier today, the company told the Delhi High Court it needed eight weeks to appoint an grievance officer who is an indian officer, which is one of the provisions of the new legislation.