Government issued nearly two lakh take down orders in five months for online content: Report
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The government issued nearly two lakh orders to social media platforms Instagram, Facebook and YouTube between March and July to take down content, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday.
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This amounts to nearly 1,275 orders every day. Each blocking order may cover hundreds of individual posts, pieces of content or accounts.
In comparison, 2,312 blocking orders were sent to 19 online platforms through the Sahyog portal, which facilitates the sending of blocking notices, between October 2024 and October 2025, the newspaper quoted Right to Information records as having shown.
Of the three platforms, Instagram received the highest number of blocking orders, nearly 1 lakh. While Facebook received about 80,000 orders, YouTube got nearly 15,000.
The youth protests against the alleged mismanagement of competitive exams in the country took place during the five-month period between March and July. The protests began in Delhi on June 6, demanding the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan as the Union education minister and spread to other parts of the country. The agitation was called off on July 25 after Pradhan resigned.
The protest was largely driven by social media with Instagram playing a key role in mobilising youngsters.
An unidentified government official told The Indian Express that a “considerable share” of the blocking orders were issued during the protests.
Most of the blocking orders were issued...