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🇮🇳 India has ordered GitHub to remove Jack Dorsey's Bitchat repositories. The official notice cites concerns that Bitchat's decentralized Bluetooth mesh architecture, lack of mandatory user registration, and absence of centralized logging could hinder lawful interception and criminal investigations. The repositories were targeted under Section 79(3)(b) of the IT Act and the IT Rules, 2021 India has directed GitHub to disable access to the repositories of Bitchat, Jack Dorsey's decentralized Bluetooth mesh messaging application, under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act and the IT Rules, 2021. https://thecybersecguru.com/news/india-github-bitchat-repository-takedown/ #CyberSecurity #InfoSec #OpenSource #GitHub #Bluetooth #Privacy #DigitalForensics #India