Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based chat app Bitchat: Jack Dorsey
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Government orders GitHub to remove Bluetooth app Bitchat over security risks amid internet restrictions during protests, says Jack Dorsey.
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Bitchat app’s developer and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey shared a copy of the notice dated July 23, 2026, on the X platform. File. | Photo Credit: The Hindu
The Home Ministry’s cybercrime arm, the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre, has ordered Microsoft subsidiary GitHub to remove Bluetooth-based messaging application Bitchat , according to a notice.
“The Government of India does not like technologies like Bitchat and wants it taken down,” said the app’s developer and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey on Friday (July 24, 2026) in an X post, sharing a copy of the notice dated July 23.
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