https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/vlc-media-player-banned-in-india-website-and-vlc-download-link-blocked-1987361-2022-08-12 Jump to navigation * IndiaToday * Malayalam * IndiaTodayNE * Business Today * DailyO * Aaj Tak * Lallantop * Bangla * GNTTV * iChowk * Reader's Digest * News * LIVE TV Home * APP * Magazine * Login * * Home * MY FEED * India * World * Business * Tech * Movies * Sports * Science * Best Colleges X * Health * Trending * Videos * Education * Auto * Cryptocurrency * Cities * Crime * Lifestyle * Binge Watch * Television * Interactives * Visual Stories * Horoscopes * Fact Check * DIU * NewsMo * Shopping * Gaming * CODE OF ETHICS * Dark Mode Speak Now Listening Re SpeakSubmit x News Technology News VLC Media Player banned in India, website and VLC download link blocked VLC Media Player has been blocked in India nearly 2 months ago. Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban. advertisement [default-us] India Today Tech New Delhi August 12, 2022 UPDATED: August 12, 2022 19:38 IST HIGHLIGHTS * VLC media player, developed by VideoLAN project, is no longer working in India * VLC Media Player has been blocked in India nearly 2 months ago. * Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban. One of the most popular media player software and streaming media server VLC media player, developed by VideoLAN project, is no longer working in India. As per a report by MediaNama, VLC Media Player has been blocked in India nearly 2 months ago. Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban. Some reports suggest that VLC Media Player has been blocked in the country because the platform was China-backed hacking group Cicada was using it for cyber attacks. Just a few months ago, security experts discovered that Cicada was using VLC Media Player to deploy a malicious malware loader as part of a long-running cyber attack campaign. Since it was a soft ban, neither the company, nor the Indian government officially announced the banning of the media platform. Some users on Twitter are still discovering the restrictions of the platform. One of the Twitter users by the name Gagandeep Sapra tweeted a screenshot of the VLC website that shows "the website has been blocked as per order Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under IT Act, 2000." [itg_image3] Currently, the VLC Media Player website and download link are blocked in the country. In simple words, this means that no one in the country can access the platform for any work. This is seemingly the case for users who have the software installed on their device. It is said that VLC Media Player is blocked on all major ISPs including ACTFibernet, Jio, Vodafone-idea and others. #blocked Videolan project's website "https://t.co/rPDNPH4QeB" cannot be accessed due to an order issued by @GoI_MeitY. It is inaccessible for all the major ISPs in India including #ACT, #Airtel and V!. # WebsiteBlocking pic.twitter.com/LBKgycuTUo -- sflc.in (@SFLCin) June 2, 2022 Recently, the Indian government has blocked hundreds of Chinese apps, including PUBG Mobile, TikTok, Camscanner and more. In fact, the PUBG Mobile Indian version dubbed BGMI has also been blocked in India and removed from the Google Play store and Apple App store. The reason behind blocking these apps is that the government feared these platforms were sending user data to China. Notably, VLC Media Player is not backed by a Chinese company. It is developed by VideoLAN, a Paris-based firm. 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