Law of land applies to all: New IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw warns Twitter

Amid a tussle between the Central Government and Twitter, newly sworn-in Information and Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that all those who live and work in India will have to abide by the rules of the country.

He was speaking to media persons after meeting BJP general secretary (Organisation) B L Santhosh at the party office in New Delhi.

Vaishnaw, the MP from Odisha, assumed charge as Minister for Communication, Information and Technology Ministry and Railways on Thursday.

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On a question that Twitter was not adhering to IT rules, he said, whosoever lives and works in India will have to abide by the rules of the country.

He said his focus will be on improving the lives of the last man standing in the queue.

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Twitter and the Government at loggerheads after the social media platform failed to comply with the new IT rules. With Twitter failing to comply with the rules, which came into effect on May 26, the government said the US-based company lost legal protection for third party content posted on its platform.

Earlier in Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw had raised the issue of cyberbullying of Karnataka-based Rashmi Samant's resignation from the position of Oxford Student Union President in the United Kingdom and described it as a serious case of racism.

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