VLC media player banned in India: ‘Chinese connection’ and three reasons why you should not be worried


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The cross-platform VLC media player’s website has been banned by the government of India. The free portable streaming media player has been blocked on Windows devices. The government so far has not issued any statement on this so far. Incidentally, the blocking is not new, it has been there for almost six months now. It came into effect some time early this year. There are chances that the platform was banned along with 54 Chinese apps in February 2022. So, what’s the Chinese connection of the VLC media player and why its users in India really need not fret much....