A high court of the Indian state of Karnataka ordered the blocking of the invited email supplier from end to end proton mail across the country.
The High Court of Karnataka on April 29, said that the decision was in response to a legal complaint Posed by Moser Design Associated India PVT LTD in January 2025.
The complaint allegedly alleged that its staff had received emails containing obscene, abusive and vulgar language, artificial intelligence (IA) has generated deep images and other sexually explicit content Life in life.
In a audienceJudge M Nagaprasanna ordered the Indian government to “initiate procedures under article 69a of the 2008 law on information technologies (IT) Rule 10 Information technology rules (procedure and guarantees of blocking access to information by public), 2009 to block Proton mail. “”
“Until such procedures are taken and concluded by the Government of India, the localizers of uniform resources incriminated (URL) […] must be blocked with. “”
During the writing, Proton Mail remains accessible in India. The Hacker News contacted the Swiss company to comment, and we will update history if we hear.
This is the second time that the service has been threatened with a ban in the country. At the beginning of last year, after information emerged that threats from bomb to hoax was sent by Proton Mail, the company said It is “resolutely against the use of proton services for purposes contrary to the Swiss law”.
Although Proton is not authorized to transmit data to the foreign authorities under Swiss law, it is obliged to respond to the orders of the Swiss authorities, which can work with external agencies to combat illegal activities.
“Although end-to-end encryption means that emails, files, calendar entries and user passwords have solid confidentiality protections, it is not allowed to use Proton mail for the purposes contrary to the Swiss law,” he added.
