The Wire's Statement on the Government Blocking Access to Its Website

On May 9, 2025, several readers of The Wire found that they were unable to access thewire.in – the website for the English portal of The Wire. The following is The Wire's statement on the issue. 

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Dear Readers of The Wire,

In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to thewire.in across India.

The internet service providers are saying multiple things. We have learnt it is per orders of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

We protest this blatant censorship at a critical time for India when sane, truthful, fair and rational voices and sources of news and information are among the biggest assets that India has.

We are taking all necessary steps to challenge this arbitrary and inexplicable move.

Your support has kept our work going for the past 10 years and we are counting on all of us standing together at this time.

We will not be deterred from providing truthful and accurate news to all our readers.

Satyamev jayate.

Date: May 9, 2025