India Ordered Website Takedowns Using Fake Court Orders
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India's government ordered internet providers to block 129 illegal betting websites this year based on two state high court orders that Reuters has found were fake. This triggered at least one police investigation. The forgeries slipped past India's official content removal mechanism, considered one of the world's strictest. The fake orders were discovered to have been sent by individuals claiming to be lawyers, using made-up case numbers and a fake QR code.
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