The agency also said that the application’s architecture ‘significantly impedes lawful interception, attribution, and investigation by law enforcement agencies.’ I4C also stated that the intelligence inputs indicate that such platforms ‘are capable of being exploited for coordinating unlawful assemblies, violent protests, dissemination of misinformation, radicalisation, criminal conspiracies, and other activities prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the State, public order.’ The order names three GitHub repositories linked to the project, comprising the Bitchat repository and its Android version, and directs GitHub to completely strip off or disable access to them.
