IT rules don’t contravene freedom of speech and expression: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Freedom of speech and expression is a constitutionally guaranteed right under Article 19(1) and neither the Information Technology (IT) Act nor the IT Rules, 2021 contravene these rights, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in a written response to a query posed by MP Asaduddin Owaisi in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The minister went on to add that in order to deal with the new and emerging issues that are cropping up in cyberspace, the government has proposed to further update the part-II of the IT Rules, 2021.