Internet Freedom FoundationIn takedown orders dated April 2nd & 3rd, ECI asked X/Twitter to take action against 4 “objectionable” posts containing “political speech shared from elected politicians, political parties, and candidates for office”. 1/11
⚠️STATEMENT:
Reportedly, the E2EE email service @ProtonMail has received communication from @GoI_MeitY regarding a potential block under Section 69-A of the IT Act, 2000, at the request of the Tamil Nadu police over a hoax bomb threat sent to private schools in Chennai. 1/6
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/it-ministry-looks-to-block-proton-mail-on-request-of-tamil-nadu-police-101707938167006.html
IT ministry looks to block Proton Mail on request of Tamil Nadu police
The IT ministry has decided to issue an order blocking end-to-end encrypted email service Proton Mail on Wednesday at the request of the Tamil Nadu police over a hoax bomb threat sent to at least thirteen private schools in Chennai on February 8, HT has learnt. | Latest News India
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The Union of India informed Delhi HC that the Inter-Ministerial Committee rejected the proposal to provide a suitable disclaimer & unblock journalist Tanul Thakur's satirical website “Dowry Calculator”. 1/5
https://internetfreedom.in/inter-ministerial-committee-rejects-proposal-to-unblock-dowry-calculator/
Inter-Ministerial Committee Rejects Proposal of Delhi HC to Provide a Suitable Disclaimer and to Unblock the Dowry Calculator
On October 4, 2023, the Union of India informed the Delhi HC that the IMC had rejected the proposal to provide a suitable disclaimer and to unblock journalist Tanul Thakur's website, the Dowry Calculator.
#WhatTheBlock: Our community has informed us that 2 domain name registrars, Namesilo (http://namesilo.com) & Gandi (http://gandi.net), seem to have been blocked.
Please fill this form to help us collate more information about this blocking⬇️
https://blocksurvey.io/blocking-of-domain-registrars-S33sGe2kTPadUCmHLAJ.zg
It appears that Namesilo has been blocked for nearly a month, and Gandi was blocked today, on July 11. We will also be filing an RTI application to seek more information on this. Stay tuned!
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/varun-chopra_digital-india-namesilo-activity-7084354543446036480-r9dZ
Michael Downey 🧢🚨 Here's the *important* news about #encryption that statists REALLY want to distract you from seeing or talking about this week:
🇮🇳 Government in #India (population 1,418,570,502) just blocked 1️⃣4️⃣ different encrypted decentralized #messenger apps, such as #Threema #Element and #Briar.
🔒 #Privacy is a human right. Protect it with all your might.
Spread the word about #WhatTheBlock. More from @internetfreedom:
Mayday Alert: 14 mobile apps banned, no blocking order released. #WhatTheBlock
In May 2023, 14 mobile apps that provided end-to-end encrypted and peer-to-peer messaging services were reportedly banned. Reasoned blocking orders and a pre-decisional hearing were reportedly not provided to these apps. IFF filed a series of RTI applications to seek more information.
Pirate Praveen 普拉文Mayday Alert: 14 mobile apps banned, no blocking order released. #WhatTheBlock
Statement by @internetfreedom on @element @briar ban.
Prateek WaghreThere is an unfortunate lesson in this. More corporations, especially Indian ones, must start taking digital rights issues seriously and stop thinking of them as "someone else's problem", or something that only civil society organisations will take up.
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As per news reports, non-Chinese lending apps including buy-now-pay-later service #LazyPay, as well as instant credit app and lending platfor…
https://twitter.com/internetfreedom/status/1622645276011008000
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#WhatTheBlock
As per news reports, non-Chinese lending apps including buy-now-pay-later service #LazyPay, as well as instant credit app and lending platfor…
https://twitter.com/internetfreedom/status/1622645276011008000
Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) on Twitter
“#WhatTheBlock As per news reports, non-Chinese lending apps including buy-now-pay-later service #LazyPay, as well as instant credit app and lending platform #Kissht, appears to be blocked on @GoI_MeitY’s order dated January 05. 1/n https://t.co/yZ1fkFFWqk”
VICTORY 🎉
MeitY has decided to remove its ban on the website of the VLC media player. IFF provided legal support to VideoLan throughout this process. (1/3)
DheerajThe dirty secret about website blocking in India... #WhatTheBlock
Worrying trend. @internetfreedom is doing some really important work. Do support them.
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Over the past few days the websites of environmental campaigners @LetIndBreathe @FFFIndia and @thereisnoearthb have been blocked and taken down. We are providing them help and assistance. #WhatTheBlock 1/6 https://internetfreedom.in/blocking_env_web/
https://twitter.com/internetfreedom/status/1282598173630803970
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Over the past few days the websites of environmental campaigners @LetIndBreathe @FFFIndia and @thereisnoearthb have been blocked and taken down. We are providing them help and assistance. #WhatTheBlock 1/6 https://internetfreedom.in/blocking_env_web/
https://twitter.com/internetfreedom/status/1282598173630803970
