Govt can’t revoke Twitter’s ‘intermediary’ status: Experts

Several digital rights experts and technology lawyers have asserted that the Union government can't revoke Twitter’s “intermediary” status in case of non-compliance with the new IT Rules as they are protected by section 79 of the IT Act. The reactions came after the Ghaziabad police filed an FIR against the social media giant for disseminating a video of an elderly man who was allegedly beaten up by a group of people for his religion.

source https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/govt-cant-revoke-twitters-intermediary-status-experts/articleshow/83589041.cms

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