In yet another case of mass blocking of websites, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has blocked as many as 32 websites including popular sites such as SourceForge, DailyMotion, GitHub, Pastebin and so on. The DoTÂ has issued the order under section 69A of the Information Technology(IT) act, 2000 and the IT act Rules, 2009. The Section 69A of the IT Act, 2000 states “Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource”. Based on the DoT directive internet service providers have blocked access to 32 websites. According to Arvind Gupta, the national...
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