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Re:VLC media player banned in India by xNeil on Friday August 12, 2022 @04:51PM (#32443745)
>The weirdest is that some ISP are blocking it and some are not. So why is that the case? Are some ISP not listening to the government?

Pretty much. My ISP doesn't block half the stuff the Indian government has banned, while my mobile data provider has - it's genuinely very weird.

Regarding contacting the government - maybe https://pgportal.gov.in should help? File your grievance with the section of the government you want to complain to - in this case, I'd guess that's the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Re:VLC media player banned in India by jbk on Friday August 12, 2022 @05:35PM (#32444203)
> maybe https://pgportal.gov.in should help? File your grievance with the section of the government you want to complain to - in this case, I'd guess that's the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

I will do that again then.

Re:VLC media player banned in India by ishanjain28 on Saturday August 13, 2022 @03:31AM (#32447695)
A internet freedom activist group had filed a Right-to-Information(RTI) query to know why VLC was banned. The ministry responsible says they have no data on it. https://twitter.com/sflcin/status/1539877804116168704
Re:VLC media player banned in India by gtirloni on Friday August 12, 2022 @07:20PM (#32445132)
> My ISP doesn't block half the stuff the Indian government has banned, while my mobile data provider has - it's genuinely very weird

That's quite normal. Your ISP is probably much smaller than a telco and so drives much less scrutiny from law enforcement.