Key Findings

OONI data confirmed reports of two news websites, Hindutva Watch and The Kashmir Walla, being blocked this year.

Popular online eSIM services were found to be blocked. Following the blocking of VPNs and anonymous messaging apps last year, there appears to be a trend in blocking services that allow users to operate the internet anonymously.

Transparency reports, Right to Information (RTI) requests, and news reports indicate that a large volume of online content is being censored by issuing takedown orders to popular social media platforms. This indicates a need to conduct new types of measurements to bring transparency to this process.