Responding to the demands from all sections of people, the Manipur government, after 84 days, partially lifted the ban on the internet in the ethnic violence-hit state.
Manipur Home Commissioner T. Ranjit Singh, in an order, said that the state government has made considered a decision to lift the suspension in case of broadband service (Internet Lease Line and Fibre to the Home) conditionally in a liberalized manner subject to fulfillment of 10 conditions, including that connection has to be only through static IP.
Mobile internet is still banned.
The order said that the state government decided to keep the suspension of mobile internet data as preparedness for having effective control and regulatory mechanism for mobile data service as there are still apprehensions about the spread of disinformation and false rumors, through various social media platforms such as Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter etc.
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Using electronic equipment like tablets, computers, mobile phones,s, etc, bulk SMS and other messages can be spread for facilitating or mobilization of mobs of agitators and demonstrators, which can cause loss of life or damage to public and private property by indulging in arson and vandalism and other types of violent activities for which the control mechanism is still poor, it said.
Singh, in his order, said that the state government has reviewed the issues of the ban on the Internet since May 3 continuously without any break (except for the exempted cases) and considered the suffering of the common people as the internet ban had affected important offices, institutions, a cohort of people on work from home basis, chartered accountants firms, lawyers, health facilities, refueling centers, recharging of electricity, mobile, booking for LPG, educational institutions, taxation-related offices, other online based citizen-centric services, etc.
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