India internet sector in fog after controversial VPN rules delayed

New Sept. 25 deadline looms as companies pull out, privacy advocates protest

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India's new cybersecurity rules have prompted some VPN operators to leave the country, although the deadline for compliance has been pushed back. (Source photos by Reuters, Ken Kobayashi and Kosaku Mimura)

ZAFAR AAFAQ, Contributing writer

NEW DELHI -- India's internet industry is under a cloud of uncertainty after the government extended the compliance deadline on contentious new cybersecurity rules that have already driven some companies to stop doing business in the country.

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