Reuters has temporarily removed the article “How an Indian startup hacked the world” to comply with a preliminary court order issued on Dec. 4, 2023, in a district court in New Delhi, India.
Reuters stands by its reporting and plans to appeal the decision.
The article, published Nov. 16, 2023, was based on interviews with hundreds of people, thousands of documents, and research from several cybersecurity firms.
The order was issued amid a pending lawsuit brought against Reuters in November 2022. As set forth in its court filings, Reuters disputes those claims.
stop bowing down to fascism everybody
My gut says that this is probably not appeasement but a subtle rebellious act. They could have edited the article or geoblocked it just in India, but instead they removed it altogether, adding to the story and ultimatley bringing even more attention to it.
Get mad at the court that forced them to take the story down not at Reuters.
Does Reuters actually operate in India? What’s stopping them just ignoring a blatantly immoral ruling?
They operate pretty literally everywhere.
But yeah, appeasing the totalitarian demands of the fascist Modi government and its pet courts is not the way to go.
