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Friday, August 8, 2014

No plans to impose censorship or regulate social media: Javadekar


By indiantelevision.com Team Posted on : 07 Aug 2014 08:12 pm


NEW DELHI: Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar has said that there were and are no plans to impose any censorship on social media or to regulate any programmes beamed through social media.
The Minister told the Parliament that the Communication and Information Technology Ministry has given an assurance in this regard.


Social media has become an important tool that is also being used by government departments to reach out to the people. Although he highlighted that section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000 allows blocking of any videos or information affecting society in the interest of public order.
 



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