(i) The British government began to perceive vernacular newspapers as a threat to its rule. This led to the enactment of Vernacular Press Act in 1878. (ii) It provided the government with extensive right to censor reports and editorials in the vernacular newspapers. (iii) The government started regularly tracking the vernacular newspapers. (iv) For any report which proved anti-British rule, the newspaper was first warned. (v) For the second mistake, there was provision to seize the press and confiscate the machinery.