Worshippers of totalitarian regime are requesting Indian Govt. to ban @Mastodon in India. Demeaning activists, writers, students & branding them anti national wasn't enough, so now they have audacity to crush platforms supporting voices of dissent. What threatened them? Fight against Casteism!
@Gargron It's farcical how they claim, Mastodon suppresses 'normal' voice? So it means who?🤔
May be, Its Castiest, Racist, Xenophobes who are trying to 'normalize' hate!
@BhavanaVarun I don't think they could ban @Mastodon even if they wanted to. They could block mastodon.social on ISP level, but there are over 2,000 other ones, and they couldn't stop new Mastodon servers from popping up.
@Gargron @BhavanaVarun @Mastodon Eugen, these guys once made a list of 6K+ porn sites to be blocked. I use VPN so not sure if they are still blocked. The point is.. don't underestimate the righteous ignorance of idiots.

@ngaravind @Gargron @Mastodon

Scary! Internet Shutdown and Mass surveillance. India seems to top the list. Why the govt. is so obsessed with it?

@BhavanaVarun @Gargron @Mastodon Because they are scared. Their actions have no legal or moral legitimacy. In a country where top 1% controlled 50% wealth in 2014, and controls 76% wealth in 2019, they are scared of democratization of knowledge, and by extension, thought. They are shit scared of what they stand to lose.
@ngaravind @Gargron @Mastodon Govt is tightening the grip over citizens rights. Lesser say means more control. Where are we heading? Still, awareness works and we do what we gotta do to resist all imposition. Ultimate power lies with the people and that's what they fear.