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 4. VLC Media Player website banned in India? Here's all you need to know


VLC MEDIA PLAYER WEBSITE BANNED IN INDIA? HERE’S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW


THE WEBSITE FOR VLC MEDIA PLAYER WAS REPORTEDLY TAKEN DOWN MONTHS AGO, BUT IT
SEEMS USERS ARE ONLY TAKING NOTICE OF THE SITE GOING DOWN NOW.

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By: Tech Desk | Mumbai |
Updated: August 15, 2022 9:04:24 am

Here's all we know so far about the VLC Media Player website being taken down in
India. (Express Photo)

One of India’s most popular media players across multiple platforms, VLC Media
Player is reportedly being banned in the country. The VLC Media Player website
no longer works in India and users cannot download the program’s exe file
(windows executable file) for installation anymore.

A tweet by Gagandeep Sapra shows that when users try to open the VLC Media
Player website in India, they are instead greeted by a “The website has been
blocked as per order of Ministry of Electronics and Information technology under
IT Act, 2000” message. 

> Anyone know why @NICMeity has banned VLC Downloads in India? @internetfreedom
> pic.twitter.com/lQubbyK0Yi
> 
> — Gagandeep Sapra (@TheBigGeek) August 12, 2022

Interestingly, VLC Media Player (the Android app) is still available on the
Google Play Store . Users with an Android phone can visit the Google Play Store
and install the app for now. There is still no word on whether the mobile
version of the popular program will also be affected by the ban.

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Meanwhile, if you already have VLC Media player installed on your device, phone
or PC, you should still be able to run the program no issues. On a Windows
laptop/desktop, even if you have the offline executable setup file, you will be
able to install the tool and use it.




WHY IS VLC MEDIA PLAYER BEING BANNED?

According to an earlier report by MediaNama, VLC Media Player had been banned in
India about the last five months. However, most users of the popular program on
PC and Android, who likely already had the player installed were oblivious to
the site being taken down.



Neither VLC Media Player nor the government has revealed why the media player
was taken down. However, multiple reports suggest the step was taken after the
program was used by China-backed hacking group Cicada for cyber attacks. Reports
also added that VLC Media Player was used by Cicada to deploy malicious code on
target machines, as part of a larger cyber attack campaign.

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