In a major shocking news, the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has banned the popular file-sharing site WeTransfer.com. The DoT has cited national security and public interest as the reasons for doing so.
As per a report by Mumbai Mirror, DoT issued a notice to internet service providers across the country to ban three URLs. The first two notices asked to ban two specific URLs on the website whereas the third notice was to ban the entire WeTransfer website.
WeTransfer is a popular file sharing website on the web. It has millions of users across the world but the company has garnered higher popularity in India during the ongoing lockdown days. The website allows users to send files to up to 2GB straight to the recipient’s email without the need to create a separate account for it. While the paid plan allows file-transfer of higher capacities, most of the users’ job is done by the free plan. After the ease of use, this is the second reason why the website has become so popular in the country.
It is unclear as to why the government has banned the website and what exactly did it find objectionable on the page but for now most of the leading ISPs have blocked the access of WeTransfer for their users.