India flags 2.98 lakh URLs for takedown over scams, CSAM and unlawful content

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Indian government departments have requested the removal of nearly 2.98 lakh URLs from social media platforms. State governments accounted for the bulk of these requests, flagging around 2.44 lakh URLs. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) separately identified over 51,000 URLs linked to various online scams. The crackdown comes amid student protests and reports of content being blocked on social media. Government regulations were also recently amended to speed up the process of removing unlawful online content.

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