The legal notice says that it has been six months since the blocking of the website was first reported, and the reasons for the blocking have not yet been communicated to the organisation, which has also not received a notice of hearing or a copy of the reasoned blocking order. Union of India case.Īs per the IT Rules, 2009, officials responsible for blocking orders are required to make reasonable efforts to identify the originator or intermediary, issue notice, provide a hearing before the concerned authority, and provide a copy of the reasoned blocking order. It also states that the DoT did not follow the procedure under Rule 8 of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information by Public) Rules, 2009 and the ruling of the Supreme Court in the landmark Shreya Singhal v. The organisation's legal notice states that the VideoLAN website was blocked by the DoT without any prior notice, or providing an opportunity of a hearing. The IFF on Tuesday said that it helped draft the legal notice sent to DoT and MeitY. The blocking of the website for the popular media player was widely covered by news organisations, while eliciting responses from users on social media. In its legal notice to the DoT, Jean-Baptiste Kempf, President and lead VLC developer of VideoLAN states that the organisation noticed that its website was blocked earlier this year, without any prior notice. Earlier this year, digital liberties organisation Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) was informed by MeitY that it did not have any information regarding the blocking of VideoLAN's website in the country. The creator of the popular open source video player has asked the DoT for a copy of the reasoned blocking order issued for the banning of its website, as well as an opportunity to defend its case through a virtual hearing.
VLC Media Player developer VideoLAN has issued a notice to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) over the blocking of its website in India.
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