Censorship – Internet Control

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has imposed an ex-parte ban on the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) in parts of the Union territory, citing threat to national security and apprehensions of “incitement to unrest”.

In an order on Monday (December 29), the district magistrate (DM) of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, imposed a temporary ban on the use of VPNs by smartphone users and others in the district by invoking section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).