Ajith

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He/Him #❤️💙🖤

[Neha @neha_aisa]

In solidarity with comrade @aishe_ghosh who is being hounded by @DelhiPolice in the name of a case from 2021

Tactics of repression and intimidation have become the playbook of @BJP4India who fear any strong voice of dissent

We will not step back!

[Jitesh @Chaotic_mind99]

In this era of bootlicking influencers like Elvish Yadav be a Samdish Bhatia 🔥🔥

Bud is standing like a rock, shielding the students from the Police.♥️🫡 https://t.co/u2tAstiTbG

[Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) @internetfreedom]

Statement : The blocking of BitChat's code on GitHub is unconstitutional and authoritarian.

New Delhi, 24 July 2026

The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) condemns the order issued by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, directing GitHub to remove the code repositories of BitChat.

The order, Notice No. 11072601011432, was issued at 11:16 pm on 23 July 2026 under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 read with Rule 3(1)(d) of the IT Rules, 2021. The order directs GitHub to disable access to three repositories, including the Android application and its release files, within three hours. It threatens the platform with loss of safe harbour and criminal prosecution. No copy was published by the Government of India. The public learnt of it from a post by @jack, whose team develops BitChat. Censorship in India now comes to light through disclosure by the censored.

Since 17 July 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs has suspended mobile internet around Jantar Mantar as per public reports about five times, most recently within a 1.5 kilometre radius from 4 pm until midnight on 23 July. That radius takes in Janpath and parts of Connaught Place. Reports describe signal jammers at the protest site and people walking two kilometres before their phones work. Inside that zone a student separated from her group during a detention drive cannot send a message to say where she is. Thousands of students and young people have camped at Jantar Mantar since June, seeking accountability for examination irregularities. Permission for their march to Parliament was refused. Metro stations were shut and also internet connectivity has been blocked.

BitChat is an open source application built for exactly this situation. It passes messages from phone to phone over Bluetooth, without mobile networks or a central server. It is striking that the order does not identify a single unlawful message. It objects to what BitChat is. In its own words, the application is dangerous because it enables communication "even during network restrictions" and can "circumvent lawful restrictions" during "internet shutdowns". Hence, the government's objection is that citizens can speak to one another while it has switched the internet off.

The order is illegal on at least four grounds.

1. Section 79(3)(b) is not a blocking power. In Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015) 5 SCC 1, the Supreme Court read down the provision. Intermediaries may be required to act only on a court order, or a government notification confined to the grounds under Article 19(2) of the Constitution. Blocking is governed exclusively by Section 69A and the Blocking Rules, 2009, which require a hearing and reasons recorded in writing, subject to review. Directions issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal evade these safeguards, and constitutional challenges to this parallel regime are pending before High Courts.

2. The reasons in the order are circular. The order asserts that the repositories contain "information which is prohibited under any law" without naming any such information, and rests on what the application is "capable of" enabling. Anticipated misuse of a communications tool is not a lawful basis to prohibit the tool. By this logic a telephone exchange could be sealed.

3. The order cites Section 43 of the IT Act, a civil compensation provision, alongside conspiracy and abetment offences under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, against a platform that hosts code.

4. A three hour deadline issued close to midnight forecloses legal assessment and recourse, and fails the proportionality standard in Anuradha Bhasin v. Union of India (2020) 3 SCC 637.

The order also fails on its own terms as deleting a repository does not delete the application from any phone that carries it, and the mesh keeps functioning without servers. What the takedown actually prevents is scrutiny of the underlying code.

IFF demands that the Government of India:

1. Withdraw Notice No. 11072601011432 dated 23 July 2026 issued to GitHub.
2. Publish every takedown direction issued under Section 79(3)(b), Rule 3(1)(d) and the Sahyog Portal, with the reasons recorded for each.
3. Restore full connectivity around Jantar Mantar, publish all suspension orders, and disclose the legal authority for the deployment of jammers.

We stand with the developers and the young protesters whose speech this order seeks to silence.

[Cockroach Janta Party - CJP @Cockroachisback]

🚨 JANTAR MANTAR IS A PROTEST SITE, NOT A DIGITAL OPEN-AIR PRISON! 🛑

Delhi Police has stationed Facial Recognition Vans to live-scan peaceful protesters. They are harvesting biometrics and extracting personal data on the spot—and we have three direct questions for the administration:

❌ UNDER WHAT LAW IS THIS LEGAL?
Supreme Court ruled that Privacy is a Fundamental Right (Puttaswamy case). Mass-scanning citizens exercising their legal right to protest is unconstitutional.

📂 WHERE IS THIS DATA COMING FROM?
How are these AI systems identifying youth live on site? Are national databases, Aadhaar records, and public registries being illegally cross-matched to turn citizens into targets?

⚠️ HOW WILL THIS DATA BE WEAPONISED?
Who stores these facial scans? How long will they be kept? Are secret registries being built to shadow-ban, intimidate, and target students for demanding accountability?

[Kavish aziz @azizkavish]

Delhi police using facial recognition van system jaha van ke aage camera hai that is recording live names and other details of protestors at jantarmantar….

adhar details ka use aise kiya ja rha hai no privacy left

[Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) @sanjivbhatt]

This is Shweta Sanjiv Bhatt,
As the wife of a man who dedicated his life to upholding the Constitution, stood for truth without compromise, and continues to pay the price for questioning those in power, I cannot remain silent today.

The youth of India are not asking for privilege. They are demanding fairness, transparency, and an education system free from corruption. The NEET paper leak is not merely an examination scandal. It is a betrayal of the trust and aspirations of millions of hardworking students.

Instead of addressing their legitimate concerns with honesty and accountability, the Government has chosen a path of intimidation and force. A democracy does not respond to its young citizens by suppressing their voices. It listens, it answers, and it acts.

Every attempt to silence students only strengthens their resolve. India’s future belongs to these young men and women, not to those who fear their questions.

Stand with our students. Stand for justice. Stand for the Constitution.

#NEET #StudentsProtest #RightToEducation

[Ajith @ajith347]

You can literally post "Arrest Modi" and get 1000 likes
#CJP #JantarMantar

[Ethan Levins 🇺🇸 @EthanLevins2]

You can literally post "Arrest Netanyahu" and get 1000 likes.

[gulvinder @rebelliousdogra]

Gaand faad edit 🔥🔥

[ravish kumar @ravish_journo]

गोदी मीडिया लोकतंत्र का हत्यारा है

[Dhruvaa @ripper_dhruvaa]

Delhi Police brvtally beat doctors. Doctors have exposed the Delhi Police's brutality. How could police do this? Horrifying. 💔
#संसद_मार्च

[Sonam Wangchuk @Wangchuk66]

I’m Not in good shape but not so bad either...
Rather than asking me to break my fast please join me on 20th July... Peaceful March to the Parliament.

#cockroachjanataparty #jantarmantar #cjpprotest #chalosansad

[Ajith @ajith347]

@ajayprabhun Iniyippo paranjittentha 😄

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Imagine if Iran bombed Washington and killed students in schools, what would you call it? Terrorists

The U.S. and Israel bombed Tehran and killed students in schools. Why do you call it a "pre-emptive strike"?

Bombing a school is a war crime under international humanitarian law

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

Here's 30 years of Netanyahu telling you Iran is days away from a nuclear bomb.

[Jason Hickel @jasonhickel]

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

Remember that I predicted a long time ago that President Obama will attack Iran because of his inability to negotiate properly-not skilled!

[Siddharth @DearthOfSid]

"I have always granted bail from A to Z. From Arnab to Zubair."

Looks like there's no U in his alphabet.

[Tarun Gautam @TARUNspeakss]

Requesting Canadian majority to treat our protesting Hindu brothers the same way our Hindu brothers treat Muslims in India.🙏🙏

[John Brittas @JohnBrittas]

It has been a norm and precedent that letters addressed from Union Govt to south MPs are written in English. Lately however that's not the case, and @RavneetBittu makes it a point to write exclusively in Hindi. Am compelled to reply him in Malayalam!
@AshwiniVaishnaw

[Ajith @ajith347]

@VishnuAM93 Sad but true.