Social Media-Censorship and Regulation

Constitutional Provisions: When it comes to regulating digital news content, new regulations may end up facilitating more governmental interference and censorship which impacts the Right to freedom of speech and expression (Article 19(1))

Legal Provisions

  • The IT act of 2002 (amended in 2008) section 69 and 69A provides the Government with power to issue directions for interception/monitoring of any information through any computer resource and block it, in interest of sovereignty or integrity of India.
  • Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 made it a punishable offence for any person to send offensive information using a computer or any other ....
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