This isn’t the first time users in India have been restricted from accessing the Internet Archive. In late 2014, the government blocked access to it. Indian Internet service providers (ISPs) blocked access to the popular Internet Archive after a Madras high court order listed it among 2,650 websites, including file-sharing ones, that it wanted blocked, the BBC reported on Wednesday. The fact that the Internet Archive had been blocked first came to light on Tuesday. This isn’t the first time users in India have been restricted from accessing the Internet Archive.

Source: Mint August 09, 2017 19:18 UTC