Reverse the block on DuckDuckGo. We wrote to the Government. #WhatTheDuck
DuckDuckGo is a privacy respecting search engine that has a wide user base in India. Yesterday it was blocked in India due to which we wrote to the DOT and MEITY.
WhatTheBlock
Whistleblower provides blocking orders for over 4000 websites #WhatTheBlock
A whistleblower provided us with blocking orders for more than 4000 websites in India. A majority of them are due to copyright claims and court orders.
We urge the DOT to unblock WeTransfer. Open up our RTI resources to the public. #WhatTheBlock
Popular file-sharing service service, “WeTransfer’’ has been blocked by a direction issued by the Department of Telecom (DoT). We have approached it to recall it’s order.
A Tale of Rogue Pirates, Ashok Kumars and ISPs caught in the middle: RTI data on court ordered website blocking reveals worrying trends #WhatTheBlock
RTI data reveals that 31 court orders in IP infringement cases have led to blocking of thousands of websites. Most of these orders have been passed ex parte and permit blocking of the whole website rather than specific URLs.