Parliamentary standing committees are resuming work after a long gap on Wednesday. Most of them have not met since April due to the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fireworks are expected in Thursday’s meeting of the IT panel, with the Opposition and the BJP warring over Twitter tagging a few posts of BJP leaders as “manipulated media”. “It is noted that despite repeated letters from the ministry, Twitter had failed to provide adequate clarifications,” Rakesh Maheshwari, group coordinator for cyberlaw at the MeitY, in the final letter to Twitter, said. Though Twitter has assured to comply with the new rules, it has not taken any concrete steps in the direction.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2021 09:33 UTC