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Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakash as its resident grievance officer for India days after announcing an interim chief compliance officer.
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The company had disclosed a postal address in Bengaluru, as required under the new rules. Jeremy Kessel, the company’s senior director of global legal policy, who is based in San Francisco is also listed as the grievance officer for India.
The microblogging platform also told the court that it had appointed an interim chief compliance officer on July 6.
Thirty-eight complaints were registered through the grievance officer channel in India. Of these, 20 were related to defamation, followed by six that were related to abuse or harassment.
Other complaints included impersonation, sensitive adult content and privacy infringement. Twitter took action against 133 URLs with a majority related to harassment and defamation.