As per a report by MediaNama, a government order has blocked 26 Reddit posts in India, most of them about the India–China border, without naming the law used or the agency that sent it. The order appears in a Lumen Database notice (no. 100411498) dated October 21 that lists its sender as "[Redacted]," its subject as "Unknown" and leaves its law field blank; Reddit marked the action taken as "Yes," and the posts can no longer be seen in India. The posts are spread across 18 subreddits, with six in r/Northeastindia and two each in r/IndianDefense, r/GeopoliticsIndia and r/indiadiscussion. MediaNama says they cover verification of Galwan clash footage, an incident involving Arunachal Pradesh, maps with territorial discrepancies and satellite imagery of Chinese structures.

MediaNama says the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) called the order "secret, disproportionate and unlawful," said every item on the list was already public, whether released by the Chinese army, reported by Indian newsrooms or posted by ordinary users, and demanded that the government publish the order with reasons, withdraw it pending a hearing, submit it to committee review and disclose all Reddit blocking requests since 2024. MediaNama explains that two routes could apply, Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 with the 2009 Blocking Rules, which require written reasons and committee review and operate under strict confidentiality, or a Section 79(3)(b) notice through the Sahyog portal, and that Reddit was not among the 94 platforms onboarded to Sahyog as of September 2025. It does not say which route was used. Reddit's transparency report shows that India sent 21 government takedown requests between July and December 2025, second only to the UAE, out of 169 from 28 countries. The report carries no statement from Reddit beyond its filing with Lumen.