Government has ordered blocking of some websites, allegedly being used for Jihadi propaganda, on the orders of the court, a spokesperson of the Ministry of Communications and Information technology said today.
"Additional Director General of Police, Anti Terrorism Squad, M S, Mumbai on November 15 requested blocking of 32 number of websites / pages which were being used for Jihadi Propaganda.
"It was stated that Anti National group was using social media for mentoring Indian youths to join the Jihadi activities.These websites work on page hosting concept.
"Many of these websites do not require any authentication for pasting any material on them. Other upload articles, videos or photos or to download the contents which helps to hide the identities. These websites were being used frequently for pasting, communicating such content by just changing page name, even blocking the earlier one.
"Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate also issued the order on November 10 for blocking of these 32 websites on urgent basis. Blocking of the websites was ordered in compliance with court order," a statement from the Ministry said.
The statement said contact has also been made with some of the websites.
These websites have undertaken not to allow pasting of such propaganda information on their website and also work with the Government to remove such material as per the compliance with the laws of land.
The action has been initiated to unblock the following sites: weebly.com, vimeo.com, dailymotion.com and gist.github.com
A similar approach could be considered for other involved websites on getting assurance that law of the land would be complied with, the statement said. UNI AR RSA 2227 NNNN
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