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NEW DELHI – India’s government blocked access to Krafton’s battle royale game BGMI under the same provision of its IT law that it has invoked since 2020 to ban Chinese apps on national security grounds, it said. say a source with direct knowledge of the matter.
Section 69A of India’s IT Act allows the government to block public access to content in the interest of national security, among other reasons. Orders issued under the section are generally confidential in nature. (Reporting by Aditya Kalra in New Delhi; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)