Discussion
The power to issue directions to block content on the internet is provided under which section of the Information Technology Act, 2000 ?
Answer: A
The power to block content is in Section 69A.
Section 69A of the IT Act empowers the Central Government to direct any agency of the government or any intermediary to block public access to information generated, transmitted, received or stored in a computer resource, in the interest of sovereignty, defence, security of the State, friendly relations with foreign states or public order. The procedure is in the Blocking Rules of 2009, and the Supreme Court upheld the section in Shreya Singhal.
Section 69B deals with monitoring and collecting traffic data for cyber security. Section 70A designates the national nodal agency for critical information infrastructure, and section 70B provides for CERT-In, the national incident response team.
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