Received 120 grievances, actioned 167 URLs in one month: Twitter

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Twitter received 120 grievances and “actioned” 167 URLs between June 26 and July 25, the microblogging platform said in its monthly compliance report as mandated by the IT rules. Twitter also stated that it had suspended 31,637 accounts via proactive data monitoring in the said period.

The US-based company has faced flak over the past many months for various actions taken on tweets and accounts of high-profile users and delay in compliance with the IT rules that came into effect in May this year.

In its latest report, Twitter said it received 120 grievances and 167 URLs were actioned between June 26 and July 25, 2021. These complaints were received via Twitter’s Grievance Officer – India channel and included content on Twitter. This includes complaints received from individual users with accompanying court orders, the report said.