In a shift from its DDoS activities, Anonymous India has asked for help from its Indian supporters to file RTI (Right To Information) applications against all public servants to obtain all communications pertaining to content censorship requests to Google, Facebook or any other websites. The hacker group stated that this initiative will help them reveal "all anti-free-speech actions in due time" but it noted that question should be asked creatively so as to extract maximum information possible, giving an example of asking for all government communications to Google or asking them to share details of unofficial email addresses, which it says is a way of these not being documented as official. Anonymous India says it will maintain a list of all RTIs filed and will will make this information public along with documents it receives. The group also hinted at the next phase of its operations where it claimed to make use of this information and documents "in even more powerful ways". Anonymous India which is primarily known for conducting cyberattacks and taking down websites through Distributed Denial of Service (DDos) method, seems to taking a different approach of late, which is more focused on making information public, instead if taking down sites. Like we'd said earlier, takedowns can be counterproductive. Last week Anonymous India had conducted a nationwide on-ground protest across 16 cities in India including Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Calicut, Nagpur, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Manipal among others, asking citizens to protest these blocks by wearing a mask and offering materials…
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