India Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Code | The Defiant

India's cybercrime agency ordered GitHub to remove Bitchat repositories within three hours, citing the mesh messaging app's ability to function during internet shutdowns. The order, issued under India's IT Act, threatens GitHub with loss of safe harbour and criminal prosecution for hosting code that enables communication circumventing 'lawful restrictions'.

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