Ababoneleli baseIndiya bavale indawo yeVLC Media Player ukusukela ngoFebruwari ngenxa yezizathu ezingaziwayo. Urhulumente waseIndiya akafuni ukuphendula kumbuzo wokuba kutheni ababoneleli bevala indawo yeVideolan.org.
Ababoneleli basebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuvala, iTechcrunch ibhala. Oku kwenza ukuba kubonakale ngathi akuyompazamo, kodwa ukuvaleka okuqaphelayo. I-Videolan ixelela indawo ukuba ayikhange ifumane isaziso esivela kurhulumente waseIndiya malunga nokuvalwa.
I-Indian Internet Freedom Foundation ingenise isicelo kwinkonzo enoxanduva kwaye ifumene impendulo yokuba akukho lwazi malunga nokuvalwa. Umbutho uthi oko akukho mthethweni kwaye uye wabhena.
I-Techcrunch ichaza njengesizathu esinokwenzeka sebhlokhi ingxelo engachazwanga kakuhle evela kwiinkampani zokhuseleko eziguqule iinguqulelo zeVLC zisetyenziselwe ukusasaza i-malware. Ngenxa yokuvaleka, abasebenzisi baseIndiya banokusebenzisa eminye imithombo ethembekileyo ukukhuphela iVLC. I-Traffic kwisiza seVideolan yawa ngama-20 ekhulwini ngenxa yokuvalwa. Malunga neepesenti ezili-10 zabasebenzisi behlabathi beVLC ngamaIndiya.