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Indian govt orders GitHub to block Jack Dorsey's Bitchat app amid CJP protest crackdown
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this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2026
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BitchAt? Is that his latest social network?
It is a decentralized messaging app that can work w/o the internet (ig it uses Bluetooth). So it is very useful for protesters in countries where the police use jammers to block network access.
I know, I was just taking the piss with an intentional mispronunciation due to the ambiguity of the lower case spelling and lack of spaces (Bit Chat vs Bitch At).
Jack Dorsey has recently gone full Crypto Bro and this is one of his latest projects. This one is designed to connect people based on their physical location (it's very strange, you can enter groups based on an arbitrary grid that basically overlays a world map) and on its face this seems like a double edged sword at best.