{"id":191139,"date":"2025-12-25T17:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=191139"},"modified":"2025-12-25T17:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:15:09","slug":"authorities-ban-use-of-vpns-in-kathua-district-for-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/12\/25\/authorities-ban-use-of-vpns-in-kathua-district-for-two-months.html","title":{"rendered":"Authorities ban use of VPNs in Kathua district for two months"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/images-81363559060344918053.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-191138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/images-81363559060344918053.jpg 640w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/12\/images-81363559060344918053-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jammu: Authorities have banned the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Kathua district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir for two months.<br \/><br \/>According to Kashmir Media Service, the order, issued by District Magistrate Rajesh Sharma, said VPN services are being misused by certain individuals and groups.<br \/><br \/>The ban applies to all individuals, institutions, cyber cafes and Internet Service Providers operating within the territorial jurisdiction of Kathua district, except those explicitly permitted by the authorities through a specific official order.<br \/><br \/>The order comes into force with immediate effect. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu: Authorities have banned the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) in Kathua district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir for two months.According to Kashmir Media Service, the order, issued by District Magistrate Rajesh Sharma, said VPN services are being misused by certain individuals and groups.The ban applies to all individuals, institutions, cyber cafes &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":191138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Authorities ban use of VPNs in Kathua district for two months &#062; 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