India tops list for restricting online contents on site

A report has surfaced naming India has the number one country that restricts online contents.

In fact, Facebook blocked 5.832 pieces of content, including anti-religious posts and hate speech, on orders from the Indian government from July to December, 2014, according to the report.

“We restricted access in India to content reported primarily by law enforcement agencies and the India Computer Emergency Response Team within the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, including anti-religious content and hate speech that could cause unrest and disharmony,” it said. “Overall, we continue to see an increase in government requests for data and content restrictions."

The amount of content restricted for violating local law increased by 11 per cent over the previous half, to 9,707 pieces of content restricted, up from 8,774,” said Monika Bickert, Facebook's Head of Global Policy Management, and Chris Sonderby, Deputy General Counsel in a statement on the social networking website.

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