There’s no official information from the governmentyet as to why access to the VLC website is restricted in India.
According to a report by MediaNama, the VLC Media Player was apparently bannedaround five months ago without any notice
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cybersecurity experts claimed that a hacker group based out of Chinanamed as Cicada used VLC Media Player
There’s no official government report yet that talks about the involvement of the Chinese governmentand these claims are made by cybersecurity experts.
The official download website has been flagged by all major ISPs in the country but can be accessed via a VPN.
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