They're in India. The laws and customs are different there. Why is this surprising to you?
Tell HN: Razorpay a YC company shared donor data under a Section 91 order
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#152While I have no sympathy for razorpay but I'd just like to point out that laws in India are much more heavy handed than a country like US. People are thrown in jail for social media posts and sometimes just for liking a social media post(1) Twitter has been having a very hard time operating in India too(2) and routinely censoring stuff so while IANAL just remember that things are very different in different parts of…
India is weird. It's not really called authoritarian (rankings don't classify it as such), but there are many similar stories of government dysfunction and overreach. Maybe someone else has a word for them?
kleptocracy
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#153Earlier quoted context omitted.
India is weird. It's not really called authoritarian (rankings don't classify it as such), but there are many similar stories of government dysfunction and overreach. Maybe someone else has a word for them?
It has slid into authoritarianism.
Exactly
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The problem with this approach is that a vague "because terrorism" can justify a heavy handed approach to a very large set of policies which have nothing to do with terrorism. And "because terrorism", "because covid", "because child abuse" become convenient tools for the government to force this or that policy on its citizens. It is a lot easier to claim "because terrorism" than to argue a policy on merits and respon…
I would like to remind you that ever since the current government came into power, the number of terrorist attacks in the major cities has drastically dropped.
At one point of time, it used to be regular news to hear about the jihadists bombing places.
I was about 8 or 9 when there was a bomb blast quite close to my house in Hyderabad. That was about 10 years ago.
Folks in the west appear to condemn others but not themselves, leaving a rather poor taste in the mouth.
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#156A shame that corrupt and poor countries are not protecting their startups. Doesn't the police and government in India understand that such abuse will steer away even more investment?
They'll just blame the other countries. The government, the police, and most the population exhibit an exceptional ability to believe in their own lies.
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#158While I have no sympathy for razorpay but I'd just like to point out that laws in India are much more heavy handed than a country like US. People are thrown in jail for social media posts and sometimes just for liking a social media post(1) Twitter has been having a very hard time operating in India too(2) and routinely censoring stuff so while IANAL just remember that things are very different in different parts of…
And this is billed as "world's largest democracy". Wtf is the bullshit we are made to believe? Why don't we just stop pretending and relabel most "democratic" countries as just "pro-Westnern"?
> billed as "world's largest democracy".
This is what you are made to believe by the propaganda machine. As someone else mentioned here, India is "elected autocracy". And "first-past-the-post" election doesn't mean the government has support of the majority of Indians.
Sad to say as an Indian, India is going Russia way.
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#160If someone would remember, Proton AG (so called most secure mail and mode of communication), had to share client details under govt orders.
Razorpay is similarly following Indian law, which it has to, as it operates in India. Clickbaity title, with a throw-away account is sure doing wonders here.