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livemint said that The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has said that the blocking directions provided by the secretary of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology have been exercised since the last 11 years under the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009.
The ministry clarifies this after it was said that the interim blocking directions are issued under emergencies . “Certain misgivings are being raised regarding Rule 16 under Part III of the rules, which mention that in a case of emergency nature, interim blocking directions may be issued by the Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,” the ministry said in a statement.
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