New Delhi: Committing himself to keep the Internet equally accessible to all users, Telecom and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said blocking and deliberate slowing down or speeding up of lawful content on the web should not be allowed.

With over a million Internet users opposing TRAI's consultation paper on allowing telecom companies like Airtel, Vodafone and Reliance to charge consumers differently for using different websites and mobile applications, he said the government had powers to give directions to the regulator on public policy.