Stewbs

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[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 63 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Indian censorship is comically bad and living in this country, seeing day-to-day examples of this is a lot of fun. How shit of a direction this country is taking. Talk about a judge being completely out of touch with how Wikipedia works and functions. Dangerous tool my ass, useful tool to keep people in check. They tried blocking Proton now it's Wikipedia... what's next, google??? Since disinformation and misinformation can be found on it too? I swear nothing appeases them except blatant false information pandering to assholes like these.

India is become a censorship haven in all aspects slowly and slowly. It's scary.

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You're welcome

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Hey there! Thank you so much for all the work you guys do, it's great to have an organization you can actually rely on to bring some amount of change <3

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

You're welcome!

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Here's their toot mentioning the situation with Proton Mail: https://mastodon.world/@internetfreedom@mas.to/111935324571240375

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Btw Internet Freedom Foundation (or the IFF) filed several RTI requests (RTI = Request to information) regarding this situation. If anyone wants to follow their progress then here's their Mastodon account: https://mastodon.world/@internetfreedom@mas.to

The IFF is a highly trustworthy and well respected organization that fights for Indians digital rights and democratic freedoms. They've done a lot of good work over the years, they even helped VLC to get unblocked when it was banned in India.

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Yep, that's sadly true

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Wait till they ban staring cause it's intimidating!

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If it gets blocked then no but you can continue using it either through a VPN, a proxy server or through Tor. You could also use a different DNS to unblock the website for yourself (Incase it gets blocked)

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

Wish our government officials had a basic understanding of tech so they could see this and go "the fuck are we doing?"

[–] Stewbs@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They will target anyone they can get sadly, Indians are not exempted from this and are often times, the primary targets

 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11998237

The IT ministry has reportedly decided to issue an order blocking end-to-end encrypted email service ProtonMail. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the government is planning to block the email service 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. The report says that the decision to block ProtonMail was taken at a meeting of the 69A blocking committee on Wednesday (February 14).

A Proton spokesperson told the publication that the company has received the request from MeitY “a few days ago”. “We are currently working to resolve this situation and are investigating how we can best work together with the Indian authorities to do so. We understand the urgency of the situation and are completely clear that our services are not to be used for illegal purposes. We routinely remove users who are found to be doing so and are willing to cooperate wherever possible within international cooperation agreements,” the spokesperson said.

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