Bitchat’s India Exit Puts App-Store Access in the Spotlight

Bitchat, the decentralised messaging app built by Jack Dorsey, has been removed from Apple’s India App Store and Google Play following a government order, according to Inc42. NDTV Profit reports that MeitY directed the removal under Section 69A of the IT Act. Dorsey publicly described the App Store removal; the app had also come under government scrutiny in July, The Hindu reported. This is less a product launch than a forced change in availability—and a reminder that a...