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Govt proposes reducing online content blocking time to 1 hour
Financial Express Mumbai
|March 25, 2026
Consensus in govt circles to make it quicker
AFTER NOTIFYING A strict 2-3 hour content takedown timeline for social media platforms last month, the Centre is exploring whether the window should be further shortened to an hour, underscoring a growing consensus within the government of removing more content from the internet quicker, according to sources.
The consideration is a preliminary stage at this point, a senior government official said, requesting anonymity, adding that the government may or may not move ahead with it. “What would play a crucial role in determining whether the timeline should be further shortened to an hour is the compliance track record of social media companies with the recently implemented 2-3 hour time window,” said the official.
This story is from the March 25, 2026 edition of Financial Express Mumbai.
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