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In such situations, it is essential that social media platforms push back against these unlawful blocking orders and uphold their commitment to freedom of expression.
Govt efforts to ban the BBC documentary drew more attention to it and showed the inefficacy of such measures.
A MeitY panel formed to examine requests or complaints for blocking access to information met 39 times in 2021 and 53 times in 2022. However, the parliament committee didn't take up the blocking Rules for scrutiny.
Around 55,580 websites, YouTube channels, applications, etc. were blocked in India between January 2015 and September 2022, as per a report released by SLFC.in.
Section 69A of IT Act, 2000, court orders, and obscenity were the 3 major grounds for blocking of websites in India, SFLC report states