The government is getting smarter. With the provisions, the Department of Telecommunications can now order any Internet Service Provider to block "knowing facilitation of unauthorized access." Furthermore, AI-based crawlers are being deployed to search for phrases like "i--- Downloadhub Hindi Tv Show" and send automated takedown notices to Google Search and Cloudflare.

The Indian government has banned over 600 piracy websites under the and IT Act . While watching a stream may be a gray area, downloading is explicitly illegal. The Delhi High Court has issued "John Doe orders" allowing ISPs to block these sites. If authorities trace your IP history, you could face fines of up to ₹3 lakhs and even imprisonment (depending on the scale).