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Govt Unblocks 32 Websites After They Promise To Remove 'Jihadi' Content

Govt Unblocks 32 Websites After They Promise To Remove 'Jihadi' Content
A woman uses a mobile devices on a street in Shanghai on September 25, 2013. China will open its first free trade zone in an ambitious effort to transform its commercial centre into a global hub with Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reporting that the zone will even allow access to Facebook, Twitter and other websites banned nationwide by China's censorship authorities who strictly control online content for fear of political and social unrest. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)
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A woman uses a mobile devices on a street in Shanghai on September 25, 2013. China will open its first free trade zone in an ambitious effort to transform its commercial centre into a global hub with Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reporting that the zone will even allow access to Facebook, Twitter and other websites banned nationwide by China's censorship authorities who strictly control online content for fear of political and social unrest. AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS (Photo credit should read PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

Government has ordered unblocking of all the 32 websites that were being used by terrorists after these sites promised to cooperate with the authorities and removed 'jihadi' content.

"Order was issued on Thursday to unblock all 32 websites that were blocked following complaint of Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad that ISIS is disseminating content through them. All websites has responded that they will work with government and removed jehadi content," a source told.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team Director General Gulshan Rai confirmed the development. The websites were blocked in November following an order from Mumbai Court, which was approached by Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) with a plea to block some websites carrying anti-India content. During its probe into certain terror cases, the ATS had received information that some websites were carrying anti- national content, said an official.

The websites included dailymotion.com, weebly.com, github.com, pastebin.com, archive.org, heypasteit.com, ipaste.eu, thesnippetapp.com, vimeo.com among others They purportedly containing material about Areeb Majid, an alleged ISIS member who was arrested by NIA, and three others hailing from North Karnataka's Bhatkal area. Sources said some of the websites were being used to induce Indian youth to join ISIS and for spreading news about purported death of certain persons while fighting Allied Forces in countries like Afghanistan and Iraq. Ban was lifted on some of the websites in December and rest of have been ordered to be unblock now, the source said.

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