Internet Censorship

Weeks after its emails demanding withdrawal of the new draft law flooded the environment ministry’s inboxes, LetIndiabreathe.in was blocked by a government controlled firm.

The Congress and the CPI had come down hard on the government over the suspension of Media One and Asianet News.

People are sharing everything from CAA-NRC explainers to lists of lawyers and counsellors through the platform, forming offline solidarities through online measures.

Everyone, from local bureaucrats, to the Indian government, to the courts takes turns censoring the Internet. This piecemeal model might be even more harmful than China's "Great Firewall" because it lacks all transparency or logic.