Founded in 2009 in the Netherlands, WeTransfer allows users to upload and share files of up to 2GB for free at one time. Graphic for illustration only. — mohamed Hassan/Pixabay
NEW DELHI: India has ordered its Internet service providers (ISPs) to block file-sharing website WeTransfer at a time when hundreds of millions of people are working from home because of a nationwide lockdown to stop the novel coronavirus.
The order, dated May 18, from India's Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which was reviewed by Reuters, does not specify a reason for blocking the website, but invokes a clause from conditions laid out for granting licences to ISPs.
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