The government of Indian Department of Telecom had blocked Dutch file-sharing site WeTransfer in an order, asking all internet service providers to comply under license agreement. The Government of India has blocked Dutch file-sharing site WeTransfer, citing national security and public interest, but the site continues to be accessible on Airtel and ACT Fibernet.

The Department of Telecom asked internet service licensees (providers) to “immediately block access” to three website links belonging to WeTransfer — two specific links to files uploaded to WeTransfer and the third to block the entire site. If compliance is not immediate, the order said, the internet service providers in question would invite action stipulated under the license agreement signed with the government.

The order has been issued under License Condition No. 7.12, which all telecom and internet service providers must agree to. The section states: “In the interest of national security or public interest, the licensee shall block internet sites/uniform resource locators (URLs)/uniform resource identifiers (URIs) and/or individual subscribers, as identified and directed by the licensor from time to time.”

 “At this moment in time, WeTransfer seems to be blocked and unavailable in India,” WeTransfer said in a blog post. “We are working hard to understand the reasoning behind this block, as well as how to get it reverted as soon as possible.”  Founded in 2009 in the Netherlands, WeTransfer allows users to upload and share file of up to 2GB for free at one time. Paying users can share files of up to 20 GB per transfer.

Source-  Reuters