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Newslaundry
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Aditi Agrawal

India blocked 55,607 websites in seven years. Here’s everything you need to know

India blocked 55,607 URLs between January 2015 and September 2022, according to a January 12 report by the Software Freedom Law Centre, India. Of these, 26,474 URLs, or 47.6 percent, were blocked under section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 46.8 percent for copyright infringement, and the remaining on charges including obscenity, pornography, and material related to child sexual abuse.

Courtesy: SFLC.in
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