Should India Build Its Own Great Firewall? The Case For – And Why It Could Backfire

February 21, 2026

Russia recently ordered a block on WhatsApp – a cross-platform messaging and calling service by Meta. Over 100 million users in that country are now being nudged, not subtly but forcibly, toward a state-built messaging app called Max, which critics and also Meta allege is a “state-owned surveillance app”.…

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