Govt cites national security in RTI to deny clarity on digital blocking orders

Govt cites national security in RTI to deny clarity on digital blocking orders

The ministry cited Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act to deny information, but didn’t clarify which of its seven grounds were applied.

Centre withholds details on digital blocking citing national security in RTI reply

Responses to a Right to Information (RTI) request revealed that the government once again declined to disclose information about these blocking orders, citing reasons of “national security.”

Citing national security, MEITy rejects RTI applications on blocking social media accounts

Predictably, the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITy) came up with the excuse of national security to reject requests for information on the blocking of social media accounts and digital news platforms during Operation Sindoor. In response to RTI applications filed by Venkatesh Nayak, the Director of the New Delhi-based Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative, MEITy said that it could not provide information on the blocking of 8…