In 2022, the Indian government blocked more than 3.7 thousand websites across India under Section 69A of the IT Act. The overall number of websites blocked in India between 2015 and 2022 grossed over 55 thousand. The chief bodies with the power to block information on the Internet in India are the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB).
Total number of websites blocked in India from 2015 to 2022
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