Some internet users have posted on social media screenshots of pages displaying messages saying a website was blocked to comply with government orders. Jio and Airtel are among India’s top telecom providers.
Since January, there have been at least 250 reports of websites blocked on networks operated by Jio, a unit of Reliance Industries, Bharti Airtel and Hathway, the IFF said in a letter to the telecoms department. “A lot of these blocks are also happening in such a way that no notices are displayed.” “It’s not making any sense, what’s happening,” said Apar Gupta, executive director at the non-profit Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). Pornography websites are also blocked by court orders seeking to protect children.īut in recent months, websites such as the discussion board Reddit, messaging service Telegram and comedy site College Humor have been blocked for intermittent periods, often for days and only in some regions, baffling internet users. Restrictions on “torrent sites” that offer free movie and music downloads are routine in India to prevent copyright infringement.
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