{"id":11581,"date":"2025-04-30T00:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2025-04-30T00:35:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T22:35:31","slug":"indian-high-court-directs-measures-to-restrict-access-to-proton-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/indian-high-court-directs-measures-to-restrict-access-to-proton-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian High Court Directs Measures to Restrict Access to Proton Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div data-v-a9acf736=\"\">\n<p>A tribunal in India has mandated the encryption-based email service Proton Mail be restricted in the nation for its refusal to disclose data to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>During a session on April 29 at the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/cnCfjfWGo_E\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">directed<\/a> the administration to \u201cimmediately block\u201d domain names linked with Proton Mail, referencing power under the nation&#8217;s Information Technology Act of 2008. This directive arose from a grievance lodged in January by a design enterprise based in New Delhi, claiming that several of its personnel received inappropriate emails via the service.<\/p>\n<p>The potential implementation of the prohibition remains uncertain, as it may encounter additional legal obstacles. The Proton team <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/proton.me\/blog\/india-block-proton-mail\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">announced<\/a> in March 2024 that Indian officials had also suggested enforcing a block on the service due to reported \u201cfalse bomb threats,\u201d yet it has persisted in operating within the country.<\/p>\n<p><template data-ct-widget=\"buzzsprout\" data-buzzsprout-podcast-id=\"2096305\" data-buzzsprout-episode-id=\"16903127\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The assault on Proton Mail seems to reflect a broader international trend aimed at taking actions against platforms based on user behavior, akin to the detention of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France, partly for <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/telegram-ceo-pavel-durov-arrested-france\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">allegedly neglecting to regulate<\/a> unlawful content. Cointelegraph contacted Proton for feedback but did not receive any reply at the time of publishing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-projects-prepare-battle-privacy-switzerland\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-projects-prepare-battle-privacy-switzerland\"><em><strong>Crypto ventures prepare for the fight for privacy in Switzerland<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In Spain, Proton AG \u2014 the Swiss entity behind the platform \u2014 <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/proton-mail-exposing-activist-showed-limits-encryption\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/proton-mail-exposing-activist-showed-limits-encryption\">supplied data to the authorities<\/a> concerning one of its users in 2024. This act left numerous privacy proponents questioning the integrity of their data with the centralized service.<\/p>\n<h2>Competing for market presence in the world\u2019s most populated nation<\/h2>\n<p>Cryptocurrency exchanges are well-acquainted with legally sanctioned campaigns meant to limit their operations within a country, with some scenarios resulting in restrictions or prohibitions. US regulators imposed restrictions on crypto mixing services like Tornado Cash in 2022, <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/us-texas-court-reverses-tornado-cash-sanctions-crypto-privacy-win\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">encountering rapid backlash<\/a> from the sector and legal confrontations, while South Korea allegedly <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/south-korea-blocked-14-crypto-exchange-apple-apps-report\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\">blocked 14 exchanges<\/a> from the Apple store for supposedly operating without the necessary registrations.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"How To Fight Authoritarianism With Bitcoin | Vladimir Putin&#039;s Critic Explains\" width=\"814\" height=\"458\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iVx7zJtoSzQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In India, users <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/india-government-crypto-tax-blockchain-web3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/india-government-crypto-tax-blockchain-web3\">incur a 30% tax<\/a> on earnings from cryptocurrency trading, which has been in effect since April 2022. Although crypto companies functioning in the nation face escalating regulatory scrutiny, India is <a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-india-thrives-discouraging-taxes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" text=\"null\" title=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/crypto-india-thrives-discouraging-taxes\">estimated to possess<\/a> over 100 million digital asset holders among its approximately 1.4 billion inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Magazine: <\/strong><\/em><a data-ct-non-breakable=\"null\" href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/magazine\/pokemon-on-sui-rumors-polymarket-bets-on-filipino-pope-asia-express\/\" rel=\"null\" target=\"null\" text=\"null\" title=\"null\"><em><strong>Pok\u00e9mon on Sui rumors, Polymarket wagers on Filipino Pope: Asia Express<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"markets_outlook\" label=\"Subscription Form: Markets Outlook\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/indian-high-court-blocks-proton-mail?utm_source=rss_feed&#038;utm_medium=rss_tag_regulation&#038;utm_campaign=rss_partner_inbound\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A tribunal in India has mandated the encryption-based email service Proton Mail be restricted in the nation for its refusal to disclose data to authorities. During a session on April 29 at the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna directed the administration to \u201cimmediately block\u201d domain names linked with Proton Mail, referencing power under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[2276],"class_list":["post-11581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy-and-markets","tag-return-a-list-of-comma-separated-tags-from-this-title-indian-high-court-orders-steps-to-block-proton-mail"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Indian High Court Directs Measures to Restrict Access to Proton Mail - WSJ-Crypto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wsj-crypto.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/30\/indian-high-court-directs-measures-to-restrict-access-to-proton-mail\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian High Court Directs Measures to Restrict Access to Proton Mail - WSJ-Crypto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A tribunal in India has mandated the encryption-based email service Proton Mail be restricted in the nation for its refusal to disclose data to authorities. 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