The Karnataka High Court directed the coalition government on Tuesday, April 29 to initiate legal proceedings to block proton mail from India and Switzerland.
Justice Mnation Mnagaprasanna heard the instructions of the matter: “Until the Indun filed such a lawsuit and decided that the URL of the crime should be blocked immediately,” Legal News Media reported On-site law.
Proton Mail is currently facing an Indian ban, mainly due to alleged abuse of the threat of sending fraud bombs to multiple schools in February 2024.
Why did the Karnataka High Court take action against proton mail?
Justice M Nagaprasanna allowed the petition filed by Moser Design Isspitied India Pvt Ltd to seek instructions from the coalition government to take measures required to prohibit the use of proton mail in India.
M Moser Design In the petition, India Pvt Ltd claims that several of its female employees repeatedly target obscene, abusive and sexually explicit language through disturbing emails. Some of these emails even include AI-generated Deepfake images and vulgar content designed to harass and humiliate women.
The company also said the emails were not limited to internal employees, but were sent to a wide circle, including employees, business partners, suppliers, and even competitors. This has caused serious and lasting damage to the mental health of employees and the company’s reputation, the petition said. On-site law.
The petitioner claims that Proton’s email service allows users to choose India as their server location, giving the false impression that the company is “operating” from within Indian territory.
What is Proton Mail? How is it different from other emails?
Proton Mail uses encryption to protect shipping and still email content to ensure that only senders and recipients can read messages and even protons.
Traditional email providers with Proton Mail may have access to user data, and they cannot decrypt emails, and they cannot decrypt emails even without the recipient’s key.
Scam bomb threat sent by proton mail
Tamil Nadu Police Department was unable to track the sender after a scam bomb threat email from Chennai schools because Proton Mail uses end-to-end encryption and is headquartered in Switzerland, requiring the Indian government to block the service under Article 69A of IT ACT, which allows content or services to be blocked on a basis of national security and public order.
