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India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale

Tutanota

May 11, 2023

In India, apps including Briar, Element and Threema, got blocked beginning of May based on the arguments that these apps would be used by “terrorists” and that these apps would not have a “representative” for government contact based in India. However, it more looks like a strategic decision to stop Indian people from using secure and anonymous messaging apps. This makes India the first democracy to follow in the footsteps of authoritarian governments like Iran and Russia.

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