<P> In November 2012, Anonymous India defaced Indian Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal's constituency website in protest against an amendment to the Information Technology Act and the recent crackdown on netizens for comments posted online . </P> <P> Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited's (BSNL) website, www.bsnl.co.in, was hacked by Anonymous India on 13 December 2012 . They defaced the website with a picture stating that they protest against section 66A of the IT Act and in support of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and Alok Dixit . The duo have gone on a hunger striker to protest against Section 66A . </P> <P> In an order dated 13 June 2013, the Department of Telecom (DoT) directed Indian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block 39 websites . The order didn't specify a reason or law under which the websites were blocked . Most are web forums, where Internet users share images and URLs to pornographic files . However, some of the websites are also image and file hosts, mostly used to store and share files that are not pornographic . While watching or distributing child pornography is illegal in India, watching adult pornography is not . The blocked websites are hosted outside India and claim to operate under the U.S. rule that requires performers to be over 18 years of age . </P> <P> In an order dated 23 June 2014, the Delhi High Court upon a request made by Sony Entertainment ordered 472 file sharing and file hosting websites blocked, including The Pirate Bay, Google Docs, Google Videos, and Google's URL shorterner (goo.gl). This is contrary to the 2012 Madras High Court orders which blocked only URLs referencing web pages with illegal content, rather than entire websites . However, it was reported on 7 July 2014 that an updated court order blocks just 219 sites . Included are many file storage and torrent websites, but no Google sites . </P>

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