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India Orders Apple to Remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat From App Store
India ordered Apple to remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat under Section 69A, while the offline messaging app also disappeared from Google Play.
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India ordered Apple to remove Jack Dorsey’s Bitchat under Section 69A, while the offline messaging app also disappeared from Google Play.
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