In 2020 more than 4,400 Facebook and Twitter URLs blocked, Dhotre
By MYBRANDBOOK
In 2020, Parliament was informed that more than 4,400 URLs from Facebook and Twitter were blocked by the government under Section 69A of the IT Act
As per Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Sanjay Dhotre, the Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 allows the government to block any information generated, transmitted, received, stored or hosted in any computer resource in the interest of sovereignty and security of the country, friendly relations with foreign states, public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence related to these.
"Blocking is done as per the process specified in the IT (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information By Public) Rules, 2009 notified under this section," he said in a written reply to Lok Sabha.
He also said that there are adequate safeguards and checks-and-balances prescribed in these rules in the form of an Inter-Ministerial Committee. It has members as a joint secretary or equivalent to examine blocking requests and to make its recommendation.
He stated that 1,717 URLs from Facebook and 2,731 URLs from Twitter were blocked in 2020.
While 2,049 Facebook URLs and 1,041 Twitter URLs were blocked in 2019, 155 Facebook URLs and 224 Twitter URLs were blocked in 2018.
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