India blasts Twitter for failing to comply with social media rules

IT minister tweets that platform chose to take path of 'deliberate defiance'

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Twitter says it has made two of three required appointments and that the final one is in the works, but government officials say none of the appointments will be considered. © Reuters

KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer

NEW DELHI -- Twitter has failed to comply with new information technology rules that India put into effect in late May, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Wednesday, slamming the platform for "deliberately" choosing a path of defiance.

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