X released its monthly compliance report as is mandatory for any platform having more than 5 million followers to do so. The report suggests that 11,32,228 accounts were banned in India between April 26 and May 24 for violating policy regulations. These accounts were majorly promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity.
According to the new IT Rules, 2021, it is mandatory for any platform with more than 5 million followers to release a monthly compliance report which provides an account of the platform's grievance redressal mechanism, how is it addressing the basic queries of the users and is it catering to the complaints made by the users.
Under Rule (4) (1) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (IT Rules), major social media intermediaries are required to publish monthly compliance reports. The intermediaries are required to:
After Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter as the CEO in October 2022, he has banned 83% of accounts around the world for violating policy regulations as per the directives of the local government, including India and Turkey. He, while complying with the request of the Government to take down any inappropriate content has mentioned that it is better to obey the laws and instructions of the local government rather than going the other way.
Monthly social media compliance reports are mandatory for significant social media intermediaries (SSMI). If they don't present monthly compliance reports, it will lead to them losing the status of a significant social media intermediary and the immunity provided to them against any legal action for inappropriate content posted on their platforms.
