India tests Jack Dorsey's app as peaceful protest meets police force

India’s government is now using signal jammers and police force to silence students protesting massive exam leaks, but they’ve met their match in decentralized tech. By forcing protesters onto Bitchat—a mesh network app backed by Jack Dorsey that bypasses the internet and central servers—authorities have inadvertently turned a meme-driven youth movement into a sophisticated, unstoppable digital resistance. Is this the end of government's ability to control the narrative? Or is it chaos?
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