India, Aug. 5 -- The central government has strengthened the legal and institutional framework to deal with online piracy of films, including the unauthorised dissemination of films through intermediaries such as Telegram, the ministry of information and broadcasting told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

The minister of state for information and broadcasting, Dr L Murugan, said that 7,393 URLs have been disabled as part of the action. The information was provided in a written reply to a Question asked by Janasena Party's Balashowry Vallabhaneni.

The intermediaries have been directed to disable 7,393 URLs, including 1,263 websites and 4,996 Telegram channels, for film piracy, in accordance with various provisions of law governing takedown ord...