08/03/2015
India's Department of Telecommunications reportedly issued a secret order on July 31, 2015 that orders ISPs in India to disable access to 857 websites. Pursuant to Section 7913(b) of the Information Technology Act, the government has the authority to censor content for "morality" and "decency." Some of the 857 websites reportedly include pornography, but other sites include College Humor and other non-pornographic sites. India has a history of censoring the Internet. [More from IBN live]