Blocked without notice, The Wire removes article under protest to restore access

The Wire says government lifted block after it removed Rafale jet story

The Wire news website stated on Saturday that its website was unblocked shortly after it contacted the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting regarding the censorship. According to the news portal, the government had asked it to remove an article based on a CNN report as a condition for lifting the block. The Union government on Friday, May 9, blocked access to The Wire’s website across the country, citing technical limitations following a com…

Blocked without notice, The Wire removes article under protest to restore access

Although the MIB stated that The Wire could submit its clarifications before an Inter-Departmental Committee under the IT Rules 2021, the site was blocked beforehand, prompting editor Siddharth Varadarajan to argue that due legal procedures were bypassed.