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So they removed an article for the world because of a lawsuit in one country?
Yep! Sucks when it's not our country, huh? If they want to do business in India, then they have to comply with Indian court orders.
Indian courts are fellating the current govt. hard so complying with their orders is akin to giving their govt. a free pass to suppress dissent and arrest civilians under their notorious UAPA. They use their "enforcement directorate"(shortened to ED) as whips to keep people in line. ED and courts are the lapdog of their government.
Sounds like something a geoblock could have dealt with, but they likely weren't ready to put it in place so this was the easiest solution to be in compliance.
They probably wanted Streisand effect to take hold and screw this asshole Rajat Khare.
Wait you think geoblocking news is a good solution? What the actual fuck
Yeah, it's better than no news, right? Of course the best is not removing it, the next best is only remove it on country that forbid it
No it’s not better than no news. What’s better is that publications tell people like to go jump.
Okay, so it's better that the publications closed entirely, got it. Didn't realize you take side of the bad guys, sorry
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I've never said that, I've said that it would be a better option than pulling out the article worldwide. A geoblock would ensure the article remains available outside of India, and could be retrieved somewhat trivially through a VPN or a proxy, making Reuters in compliance of the court order, which only applies within India's border. It's definitely better than not complying, which would lead to Reuters office in India being shut down and risking some of their employees going to jail for not respecting a court order.
Reuters is appealing the decision, but for now they have to comply.