India's censors web again July 18, 2006
anivar
http://movingrepublic.org/?p=4
(see my blog for links on the post)
India is again playing with censorship on web just after china. The
Department of Telecommunications passed an order to ISPs Friday to
block several websites. The list is confidential. ISPs have been
slowly coming into compliance. blogs & sites hosted on Blogger ,
Typepad & Geocities are not accessible now. The List of ISP's that
Blocked Blogger is here. Bloggers collective initiated protest by
Bloggers.
Shivam Vij managed to talk to Dr Gulshan Rai, director of CERT-IN, the
only body authorised to issue a blocking directive. His response:
"Somebody must have asked for some sites to be blocked. What is your
problem?".
Every ban Govt proposes is in the name of controlling terrorists.
There are such unclarified reports this time too. It is very same as
denying public water supply in the name of terrorists are used to
drink it. This also shows that Govt of India & CERT-IN did'nt learn
anything from the past experience of banning yahoo! Groups in the name
of militant Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) of the
Khasi tribe, started a mailinglist named kynhun. The popularity
popularity and visibility went up by leaps and bounds instantaneously,
despite it being blocked by all ISPs! Clearly, you can't ban anything
on the internet.
More than a censorship it violates Communication rights of the people.
Reporters without Borders says
Blogs get people excited. Or else they disturb and worry them.
Some people distrust them. Others see them as the vanguard of a new
information revolution. Because they allow and encourage ordinary
people to speak up, they're tremendous tools of freedom of expression.
There are some updates on the blogs of Dina , jace, etc. similar kind
of bans are going on in pakistan also. more on this google group. in
short it is a play by goverments
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