India, July 4 -- The government of India has issued a notice to messaging platform Telegram, asking it to take action within 15 days over "widespread dissemination of pirated films, OTT content and other audio-visual material".

Telegram has been asked to strengthen systems for detection, reporting, disabling access to and removal of pirated films and infringing audio-visual content, according to the I&B ministry notice issued on Saturday.

More details to follow shortly.

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