Centre Issued 129 Website Takedown Directions Based On Fake HC Orders

India's government ordered internet providers to block 129 illegal betting websites this year based on two state high court orders that Media has found were fake, findings that have ?triggered at least one police investigation.

The forgeries are the latest sign that fake orders are slipping past India's official content removal mechanism, considered one of the world's strictest, and ?could impact the online presence of any organisation operating in the country. Court precedents generated using artificial intelligence have caused concerns among judges the world



over. 

India's Supreme Court in July set aside a tribunal's orders that relied on non-existent judgments, and a US judge recently disqualified lawyers over use of fabricated legal citations.

India's Department of Telecommunications issued two website blocking directions on July 21 and September 2 -- both available on its website as part of its routine uploads. Both directives came attached with emailed ?copies of purported court orders from the High Courts of western Rajasthan and northern Uttar Pradesh states ordering the removal of dozens of websites.