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Digital rights group challenges India's secret BitChat blocking order
Original: Blocking BitChat is unconstitutional: MeitY must publish and withdraw its secret order
The Internet Freedom Foundation says India's IT Ministry, MeitY, issued an unpublished order directing internet providers to block the messaging app BitChat, calling the move unconstitutional. The group is demanding the government publish the order and withdraw it, arguing users were given no explanation or avenue to contest the restriction.
Why now: Censorship of a messaging app without a published order raises free speech and due process concerns.
Internet Freedom FoundationMeitYBitChatIndia
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- Blocking BitChat is unconstitutional: MeitY must publish and withdraw its secret order · Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF)
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