NEW DELHI<\/a>: Digital rights activists, who accessed and studied the order suspending internet<\/a> in several areas in Delhi on Thursday, point out that it was not issued from the \"right channels\" and, therefore, was \"illegal\".

Technology lawyer Mishi Choudhary said that internet can be suspended in India in the case of public emergency or public safety under the rules formed by the ministry of information technology under Temporary Suspension of Telecom Services (Public Emergency or Public Safety) Rules, 2017.

“It can only be ordered by competent authority like Union home secretary or state home secretary, but this order was not issued by them,” said Choudhary of SFLC, an NGO that works to strengthen digital rights. SFLC also runs an online tracker that documents cases of internet shutdowns in the country.

The document ordering the shutdown, labelled as “top secret\/classified” circulated on Twitter on Thursday. The order was signed by PS Khushwah, deputy commissioner, special cell, New Delhi.

Choudhary further elaborated that state governments sometimes suspend internet to maintain “public tranquility” under section 144 of the CrPC under the order of a DM, SDM or commissioner of police, even though it’s not the “right channel”. “Telecom service providers can challenge these orders because they are not coming through the right channels. But even though the business of these providers is impacted, we have not seen that happen yet, she added.

“The internet and communications shutdown in #Delhi is not under the telecom suspension rules of 2017, this is an illegal order,” tweeted digital rights activist Srinivas Kodali, echoing the same view.

Apar Gupta of the Internet Freedom Foundation also questioned the timing of the internet suspension. “The order was issued one day before protests and it seems the only purpose it aimed to serve was to prevent a peaceful gathering. It has no evidentiary material to justify why internet needed to be shut and does not even cite any section of the law that enables internet shutdown<\/a>. It was in clear violation of our constitutional right to assemble,” he said.

Gupta added that though internet can be suspended under the IT Act and the Telegraph Act, even their constitutional validity has been challenged in the Gauhati high court. “The legal argument against internet suspension is that one cannot curb legal speech to curb illegal speech because it impacts millions of people. Our modern lives are intrinsically tied to the internet and one needs it to not just voice opinions, but for transportation, for financial transactions, for ordering food,” he added.
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德里互联网关闭不是通过正确的渠道:数字权利活动家

数字维权人士,访问和研究订单暂停网络在一些地区在德里周四指出,这不是发出“正确的渠道”,因此,“非法”。

安南Ajmal,
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2019年12月20日更新是十二12点

新德里:数字维权人士,谁访问和研究订单暂停互联网在一些地区在德里周四指出,不发出“正确的渠道”,因此,“非法”。

技术律师Mishi乔杜里表示,互联网可以暂停在印度的公共紧急或公共安全规则下形成的信息技术下暂停电信服务(公共紧急或公共安全)规则,2017年。

”只能由主管机关工会内政大臣或国家内政大臣,但是这个订单没有签发,“说。乔杜里被,一个非政府组织,加强数字版权。还被运行一个在线跟踪,文件的网络关闭。

文档下令关闭,贴上“绝密/机密”周四在Twitter上传播。订单已签署的PS Khushwah,副局长,特殊的细胞,新德里。

Choudhary进一步阐述,政府有时会暂停网络维护“公共安宁”的144条款下订单下的CrPC DM、长效磺胺或警察专员,即使它不是“正确的通道”。“电信服务提供商可以挑战这些订单,因为他们不是通过正确的渠道。但即使这些提供商的业务影响,我们还没有见过这种情况发生,她补充道。

“互联网和通讯关闭在#德里不是电信悬挂2017规则下,这是一个非法的秩序,“推数字版权维权斯Kodali,呼应了相同的观点。

互联网自由基金会的Apar Gupta还质疑互联网的时间暂停。“订单发布前一天抗议和唯一目的旨在服务似乎是防止和平集会。它没有证明材料来证明为什么互联网需要关闭,甚至不引用法律允许的任何部分互联网关闭。这是明显违背组装我们的宪法权利,”他说。

古普塔说,虽然网络可以暂停下法案》和《每日电讯报》法案》,甚至他们的宪法效力高高等法院受到了挑战。“法律反对互联网悬挂是一个不能遏制法律演讲来遏制非法言论,因为这影响数以百万计的人。我们现代的生活本质上与互联网和一个需要不仅仅是声音的意见,但对交通、金融交易,订购食物,”他补充道。