India Removes Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat From App Stores

India’s government directed Apple and Google to remove Bitchat from their app stores in the country.

Bitchat is a messaging app created by Jack Dorsey.

It can send messages between nearby phones using Bluetooth, without needing the internet.

The government’s directive reportedly referred to countering terrorist financing and helping law enforcement.

A digital rights group called the removal unconstitutional.

It argued that the law cited should be used to block unlawful information, not an entire messaging app.

Removing the app from stores stops new downloads there, but may not erase it from phones that already have it.

The article says the app can still be downloaded globally.