Facebook, Twitter, Google to cooperate with Govt on screening sites
North East migrants, who fled Bangalore after rumours of attacks, on their arrival at Guwahati railway station on Monday.- PTI
NEW DELHI : After cracking down on bulk SMSes, the Government on Monday blocked as many as 245 Web pages that fuelled the rumours causing panic among the North-Eastern community.
A statement from Communications and IT Ministry said that more than 150 Web pages – 76 on Saturday and 80 on Sunday, respectively – were blocked. The rest were blocked on Monday, including some pages on Facebook, Google and Twitter. Read more
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