{"id":5373,"date":"2025-01-03T16:25:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T20:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/?p=5373"},"modified":"2025-01-03T14:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:53:33","slug":"india-enforces-vpn-crackdown-major-apps-removed-from-app-stores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hostingdiscussion.com\/news\/india-enforces-vpn-crackdown-major-apps-removed-from-app-stores\/","title":{"rendered":"India enforces VPN crackdown, major apps removed from app stores"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex-1 overflow-hidden @container\/thread\">\n<div class=\"h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-psbhu-79elbk h-full\">\n<div class=\"react-scroll-to-bottom--css-psbhu-1n7m0yu\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm md:pb-9\">\n<article class=\"w-full scroll-mb-[var(--thread-trailing-height,150px)] text-token-text-primary focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-[-4px]\" dir=\"auto\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-455\" data-scroll-anchor=\"true\">\n<div class=\"m-auto text-base py-[18px] px-3 md:px-4 w-full md:px-5 lg:px-4 xl:px-5\">\n<div class=\"mx-auto flex flex-1 gap-4 text-base md:gap-5 lg:gap-6 md:max-w-3xl lg:max-w-[40rem] xl:max-w-[48rem]\">\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-normal break-words text-start [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"3e09b3eb-589c-4926-8689-f2b9354afafe\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-4o\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p>India\u2019s government removed popular VPN apps, including Cloudflare\u2019s 1.1.1.1, from Apple and Google stores after developers failed to comply with 2022 regulations. 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