It seems that 21 technology firms are being somewhat censored by a court in India, which is forcing the companies to take off some content it saw as inappropriate.

Tech and online giants with Facebook or Google among them have been told to take down content which was considered offensive and that was touching certain social and religious subjects.

The topics of censorship and content control in India have become very widely discussed recently, and it has been ruled that all web hosts should remove allegedly offensive content from their pages within 36 hours of an authority giving the former a notice.

RIM (Research in Motion) too has not been a stranger to content controlling authorities in India which wanted access to the tech firm's platforms and databases. Thankfully,

RIM managed to deliver a solution for this demand, albeit a controversial one at the time.

Some of you might remember that Google has not been so keen on being told what information to display and which to censor, however with its recent strategy to move into new markets (some developing such as India) sees the giant playing by the rules.

Google and Facebook are not the only ones which are forced to nod to censorships, Twitter has recently tweaked its geo settings which would allow some content to be visible in some countries and not in others.