India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
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8 outlets - including Bitcoinsistemi, Coinedition and Crypto-economy and 5 more - are covering this story. India’s cybercrime agency has ordered the removal of repositories of the messaging app Bitchat, developed by Jack Dorsey, from GitHub. Bitchat is notable for its ability to transmit encrypted messages and Bitcoin transactions over Bluetooth…
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India Bans Jack Dorsey’s Bitcoin-Linked Messaging App Bitchat
India’s cybercrime agency has ordered the removal of repositories of the messaging app Bitchat, developed by Jack Dorsey, from GitHub. Bitchat is notable for its ability to transmit encrypted messages and Bitcoin transactions over Bluetooth…
Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Hit With India Censorship Order on GitHub
Jack Dorsey (CEO of Square and co-founder of former Twitter) posted on X, saying that India’s government ordered GitHub to remove the repositories for Bitchat, an offline messaging application that doesn’t rely on the internet and was devel…
India Orders Takedown of Dorsey’s Bitcoin-Linked Bitchat
Jack Dorsey said that India ordered GitHub to remove repositories tied to Bitchat, his open-source messaging application. The notice shared on X targeted three repositories and gave the platform three hours to disable access, putting Bitcha…
India Orders GitHub to Remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat App Amid Offline Messaging Concerns
India has become vigilant about decentralized communication technology after issuing an order to GitHub to disable Bitchat, an offline communication tool developed by Jack Dorsey. This happened when protesters were resorting to using Blueto…
India Orders GitHub to Take Down Jack Dorsey's Bitchat Amid Protests
The order gave GitHub three hours to pull three code repositories, citing the messaging app's use during protest internet shutdowns.
India Orders GitHub to Block Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Over National Security Risks
The Indian government has invoked its IT Act takedown powers against the offline mesh-networking app, saying its decentralized design could be misused to evade lawful surveillance.
India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat
India's cybercrime agency ordered GitHub to remove Bitchat repositories within three hours, targeting Jack Dorsey's decentralized Bitcoin-linked The post India orders takedown of Jack Dorsey’s bitcoin-linked messaging app Bitchat appeared f…
Breaking: India Orders GitHub Takedown of Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat Repos Amid Student Protests
India’s cybercrime authority has ordered GitHub to remove three repositories of Bitchat, Jack Dorsey’s open-source Bluetooth mesh messaging app, as NEET 2026 student protesters used it to stay connected during internet blackouts in New Delh…