Government had asked social networks to block 1,299 URLs
 

Government asked social networking sites to block 1,299 web addresses or URLs to comply with court orders between January 2013 and January 2014, Parliament was informed today.

"Social networking sites were requested to block 8, 21, 352 URLs during 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively and 1,299 URLs up to January 31, 2014 including 2013 to comply with court orders," Minister for Communication and IT Kapil Sibal said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

The minister informed the house that a total of 362 URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) were blocked in 2012 of which 312 URLs were blocked in a single instance at the time of exodus of North East people from different parts of the country

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