Union information and technology minister Ravi Shankar Prasad defended Twitter’s loss of legal protection in India on Wednesday, claiming that the social media behemoth failed to agree to the new IT standards despite numerous chances.
Even further rationalizing the decision, the minister stated that in a nation like India, with the amplification of social media, “even a small spark can cause fire,” and that this was one of many reasons why the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules were alerted.
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