PUBG Mobile KR: Indian Government Clarifies That No Penalty For Players To Play PUBG Mobile Kr

The Indian Esports industry off late has been experiencing a lot of conversations regarding whether it is ethical and legal for content creators and streamers to play the Korean version of PUBG Mobile since the global version is restricted in the nation. 

The controversy rose to the point that a law student, Prasoon Shekhar filed an RTI to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for an explanation, In his RTI, he asked a couple of focuses to which he was sent an answer. 

Prasoon Shekhar requested the accompanying data under the Right to Information Act: 1. 

Provide the provision of law that governs what happens if somebody disobeys the ban imposed on Chinese applications like PUBG Mobile. 

What is the greatest punishment and penalty that can be forced on the defaulter, if at all? 

Give the number of people indicted (till the date of the answer to RTI application) violating the imposed ban and restrictions on Chinese applications.

There is no punishment prescribed for individual users of mobile applications, for example, TikTok, PUBG, CamScanner, UC Browser etc. which were blocked by the Ministry referring to security concerns. 

However, according to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, there is a penalty prescribed for intermediaries who don’t comply with the blocking orders.

“MeitY does not ban any App. However blocking of specified Apps was done under the provisions of Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and its Rules namely Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking Access of Information by the Public) Rules, 2009. Section 69A of the Act provides for a penalty to intermediaries for non-compliance of the blocking order. However, no penalty is prescribed for individual users of such Apps”, the Ministry said in its reply.