In response to Delhi High Court’s direction to Twitter on Tuesday to inform by 8 July as to when it will appoint a resident grievance officer, the micro-blogging site told the court on Thursday that it will need eight weeks to appoint an RGO, in line with the new IT rules.
Twitter said it is in the process of setting up a liaison office in India and this office will be their permanent physical contact in the country.
Twitter also told the Delhi High Court that it has posted a job announcement publicly for a Chief Compliance Officer, a Nodal Contact Person, and a Resident Grievance Officer, as a direct employee and is accepting applications.
The company further said that it has hired a resident of India as its interim compliance officer, effective July 6, and has communicated the development to the ministry of information technology.
The development came after the Delhi High Court warned Twitter earlier this week that it cannot take ‘as long as it wants’ in this…