Indian high court orders steps to block Proton Mail

The order issued in the High Court of Karnataka stemmed from a complaint alleging that employees of an Indian design firm received offensive emails through Proton Mail.

A court in India has ordered the encrypted email service Proton Mail blocked in the country for refusing to share information with authorities.

In an April 29 hearing of the High Court of Karnataka, Justice M Nagaprasanna ordered the government to “block forthwith” domain names associated with Proton Mail, citing authority under the country’s Information Technology Act of 2008.

The order stemmed from a complaint filed in January by a New Delhi-based design firm, alleging that some of its employees received offensive emails through the service.  

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