Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Twitter informed the Delhi High Court that it will take eight weeks to appoint resident grievance officer (RGO) in compliance with the new IT Rules, and it is in a process of setting up a liaison office in India, which will be its permanent physical contact address.
According to the report, the response from Twitter has come after the Delhi High Court on Tuesday pulled up the micro-blogging site for failing to appoint resident grievance officer (RGO) quoting- “How long will your process take place? This cannot be allowed”, and gave free pass to the Central government to act against the social media firm.” However, Twitter said it reserves the right to challenge the new IT Rules.
On the aspect of appointment of RGO under rule 4(1)(c), Twitter stated that it is in the process of making an offer of appointment to a resident of India as its “interim RGO” and expects to do so on or before July 11, 2021.
The micro-blogging site further stated – “Twitter has posted publicly a job announcement for an RGO as a direct employee and is accepting applications at this time. Twitter will endeavour in good faith to make an offer of employment to a qualified individual to fill this position within 8 weeks.”
Twitter said, though it is striving to comply with the 2021 Rules, but it “reserves its right to challenge the legality, validity, and vires of the Rules, and Twitter’s submissions regarding compliance are filed without prejudice to its right to challenge the rules”.
The micro-blogging site said it will file its first compliance report covering the period May 26 to June 25, no later than on July 11, consistent with the IT Rules.
