Report: India Proposing New VPN Regulations
The Spin
Government-critical narrative
India's push to regulate VPNs is just the latest move in a years-long campaign to tighten government control over what people can see and say online. Blocking orders have more than doubled and the proposed VPN law would strong-arm companies into enforcing that censorship or face criminal penalties. Threatening jail time for compliance officers is a pressure tactic designed to silence dissent.
Pro-government narrative
VPN providers can't hide behind privacy arguments when their platforms are actively enabling exam fraud, cybercrime and evidence tampering at a national scale. The court upheld Telegram's block precisely because targeted takedowns kept failing. Requiring local compliance officers and registered offices gives authorities a lawful way to enforce blocking orders that already have a solid legal foundation.
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