INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES LIABLE TO ASSIST GOVT ?- SC
INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES LIABLE TO ASSIST GOVT ?- SC BY- SHANIKA SHUKLA BACKGROUND Article 21 of the Indian constitution provides protection of life and liberty of citizens as well as a non-citizen. The right to privacy is also among the several rights included in this article. The right to privacy is not absolute. Section 69 of the information technology act of 2000 grants the central government, the power to impose reasonable restriction on this and intercept, decrypt or monitor internet traffic or electronic data whenever there is a threat to national security, national integrity, security of state and friendly relation to other countries or in interest of public order and decency. In 2008, a bill was passed making a major amendment in this section. The amendment gave the authorities the power to ‘interception or monitoring or decryption of any information’. It also included provision-addressing issues like child porn, cyber terrorism, and voyeu