Individual users not to get penalty or punishment for using banned mobile apps
By MYBRANDBOOK
On 24 September, 2020 118 more apps were banned (including PubG) under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. Last month, the Ministry blocked 43 more apps citing security concerns. But there is no penalty prescribed for individual users of mobile apps such as TikTok, PUBG, CamScanner, UC Browser etc which were blocked by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology citing security concerns. However, there is a penalty prescribed for intermediaries under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act who fail to comply with blocking orders.
This was told by the Ministry in reply to an RTI application made by a law student named Prasoon Shekhar. The Ministry said in its reply, “MeitY does not ban any App. However, blocking of specified Apps was done under the provisions of Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its Rules namely Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking Access of Information by the Public) Rules, 2009. Section 69A of the Act provides for penalty to intermediaries for non-compliance of the blocking order. However, no penalty is prescribed for individual users of such Apps".
The Ministry's decision was perceived as a response to the Chinese incursions at the Galwan valley in early June. “On the basis of these and upon receiving recent credible inputs that such Apps pose threat to sovereignty and integrity of India, the Government of India has decided to disallow the usage of certain Apps, used in both mobile and non-mobile Internet enabled devices. This move will safeguard the interests of crores of Indian mobile and internet users. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace", said the Ministry.
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