Be it Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s office or former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the ruling party or the opposition parties, police officials or militants, students or protesters, everyone is defying the government’s ban on social media in Kashmir. The ban, which came into effect last month, has been defined daily with the aid of the virtual private network (VPN) technology that allows users to access banned social media sites and instant messaging application by setting up proxy Internet connections. The attempts to block the use of VPNs have failed even…
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