Within a Day of Being Lifted, Social Media Banned Again in Kashmir: Barely a day after the Jammu and Kashmir government lifted its month-long social media ban in the Valley, social media has been banned again. This comes hours after Hizbul Mujahideen commander, Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, and another terrorist were gunned down in Kashmir on…
Social media ban in Kashmir affects citizens’ fundamental rights, says UN report: The United Nations Human Rights Commission on Thursday demanded that India “immediately end its ban” on social media networks and on mobile internet services in Jammu and Kashmir. Quoting two UN human rights experts, the report says the restrictions take away citizens’ freedom…
Kashmiris find VPN way out of social media ban: Kashmir was back on social networks before the state government removed controls, courtesy Virtual Private Networks or VPNs. A user facing Internet censorship can use VPNs to create a secure connection to a more permissive country and browse the Internet as if he was situated in that…