new Delhi . The central government has taken action against 7819 website links and social media accounts that spread lies and hatred in the country. In response to a question raised in the Lok Sabha, the central government has given information about the blocked accounts in the last three years.
Actually, Congress MP Ravneet Singh had asked the Minister of Information Technology that social media platforms like Facebook are promoting violence and hatred in the society, what action has been taken against such social media accounts in the last three years? In a written reply to this question, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Sanjay Dhotre said that with the increasing use of the Internet, the reporting of information that incites violence on social media platforms has increased. Due to this, the action has also intensified.
The Minister informed that a system exists under the framework of Section 69A of the IT Act-2000. Section 69A of the Act empowers the government to block related information to prevent incitement to commit any offense related to the sovereignty of the country, security of the nation, friendly relations with foreign nations.
He said that many websites, webpages and social media accounts were blocked in the last three years. The Union Minister of State said that 1385 websites in 2017, 2799 in 2018 and 3635 websites, webpages and social media accounts were closed in 2019. Thus, action was taken against 7819 accounts and website links in the last three years.
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