A small update. But first, you can participate on any post we make on IFF. Join in this discussion by signing up on the forum. We encourage sustained conversations that are deliberate and detailed. In this spirit, let me inform you that later towards yesterday evening we started hearing that DuckDuckGo was accessible again for many users.
We verified this ourselves amongst the staff, and yes it is accessible. This is a win! But, this does not mean the problem is over. Far from it, over several ISPs we expect this problem to persist. For this we continue to urge people to file reports. These help inform our actions and write and follow up with the Department of Telecom.
Second, as we have been documenting and advocating consistently through our work website blocking in India is secretive, opaque and arbitrary. This requires wider reforms on which we promise to continue our work.