India fuels Bitchat's global rise despite takedown order

NEW DELHI: Bitchat, the internet-free messaging app at the centre of a govt crackdown, has continued to gain traction in India despite authorities ordering GitHub to remove its source code repository and civil liberty groups challenging the move as unconstitutional.

Bitchat, founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, allows users to message without any internet using Bluetooth mesh networks .