No plans to block any social media platform, Parliament told

Union minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday said that the government is not planning to block any social media platform in India. “At present, the government has no plan to block any social media platform in the country,” Chandrasekhar said in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha.

Chandrasekhar, however, said that under the provision of Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, the government blocks online content that it deems malicious keeping in mind “the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states or public order”.