India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Amid Protests

Decrypt Editorial

(12:20 PM UTC)

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In brief

India's Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) ordered GitHub to remove and disable three Bitchat code repositories within three hours, invoking the IT Act and the 2021 IT Rules.
The agency said the Bluetooth-based, serverless app impedes lawful surveillance and could be misused during "public disorder, riots, terrorism," or internet shutdowns.
Jack Dorsey published the notice, and…

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