India to Twitter: Comply with IT rules or face 'unintended consequences'


FILE PHOTO People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27 2013. REUTERSKacper PempelIllustrationFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has told Twitter Inc it has one last chance to comply with new IT rules, or face "unintended consequences" according to a copy of an official letter seen by Reuters.

The new rules - which were announced in February and which became effective at the end of last month - are aimed at regulating content on social media and making firms such as Facebook, its WhatsApp messenger and Twitter more accountable to legal requests.

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