VLC Media Player has been banned in India, but this happened nearly 2 months ago. Neither the company nor the Indian government has revealed any details about the ban.
Some reports suggest that VLC Media Player has been banned in the country because the platform was used by China-backed hacking group Cicada for cyber attacks. Just a few months ago, security experts discovered that Cicada was using VLC Media Player to deploy a malicious malware loader as part of a long-running cyber attack campaign.
VLC is a an open-source software that is backed by a non-profit organization. It has no links to any Chinese Organization as it is based in France.
If you are downloading from its official sources, you don't have to worry about any issues.
If you are paranoid about the software just download the source code audit it on your own and compile it for personal use.
Whatever the government is doing is either total BS or it is some internal company gimmick. I'd say be prepared for India's own Swatantra Media Player or Jio Shuddh Media Player.
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