Vlc Player Ban In India Now Lifted

After imposing a ban on VLC Player months ago in India, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) has now lifted the ban. This comes after the VideoLan, a non-profit organization that operates VLC Player issued a legal notice in October demanding the reason behind the ban.

This information comes from a tweet by the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF), which lent legal support to VideoLan when the ban came into effect. The unban means that you will now be able to download the VLC Player in India. The VideoLan website can now be accessed.

VICTORY 🎉@GoI_MeitY has decided to remove its ban on the website of VLC media player. IFF provided legal support to @videolan throughout this process. (1/3)#WhatTheBlock pic.twitter.com/pW7APDAbIX— Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) (@internetfreedom) November 14, 2022

As a result, VideoLan and IFF, in October, send a notice to MeitY demanding answers to the sudden ban. In a response, MeitY gave a response and suggested that the VLC Player displayed “suspicious behavior.” It was accused of being used by a China-backed hacking group called Cicada to get access to users’ personal information and hinder their privacy. This information came from a report by Security firm Symantec in April this year. VideoLan denied such claims.